On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Lisa Sporleder wrote:

> > Even without the junk foods, the fact that we can only utilize
> > 35g of protein at a time suggests that we are built for nibbling.
>
> Even that "fact" is up for speculation.  As far as I have heard the
> 30-35g figure was the result of studies where people were fed mostly
> plant sources of protein. Had they used a protein which is more
> easily digested/absorbed, that figure could have been closer to 60g
> or even higher.  Once again, adequate research on humans in the area
> of protein nutrition just doesn't exist, especially when using *meat*
> as the protein source and humans as the animal of study.

I'd be very interested in reading more about this.  Do you have a
source that discusses this protein utilization issue?  I have not
seen anything to indicate that plant proteins are harder to
digest, but that doesn't mean it's not out there.

Todd Moody
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