On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Paleogal wrote: > In reading this post I recall a post or two with Amadeus and yourself a > couple of years back discussing the most efficient amount of protein at one > sitting to be around 35 grams. Most efficient meaning utilizable. Is my > recollection correct? Oliva Yes. The Eades say about 40g. But the key here is what is meant by "utilizable." If you eat more than about 40g, then some of it is going to be stored as fat, but that's not necessarily bad. If overall caloric intake is low anyway, and with the glucagon release triggered by all that protein, that fat will soon be pulled back into action for fuel. When we were discussing protein utilization, we were thinking in terms of utilizing it without storing as fat. A similar point applies to carbs. According to Dr. Lutz, if you eat more than about 24g at a meal, you will store the rest as fat. But if your overall caloric intake is low, you will burn that fat. The difference, however, is that the carbs won't give you a glucagon spike, and at least some of us find that we are hungry again pretty soon. Todd Moody [log in to unmask]