2 - How much protein should I eat?
Post Workout Protein
Now that you know that time is of the essence when it comes to your post workout meal, this part is going to make a whole lot of sense. See, eating this meal soon after a workout is important, but just because you are putting the food into your body quickly doesn't actually mean the food is being digested and used by your body equally as quick. Egg whites, chicken and tuna fish are fine sources of protein, but they aren't the ideal type of protein for the meal after your workout.
Whole foods, digest pretty slowly. You may have eaten a high protein food in your post workout meal, but by the time the protein is digested and finally ready to be used by your body, a whole lot of time would have passed. This is why the ideal source of protein to eat after your workout is a protein powder mixed with some type of liquid thus creating a protein shake.
A protein shake will be digested by your body much quicker than a whole food because it will be a liquid. This is what makes whey protein pretty much the official choice of most people as their post workout meal protein source. I'd say 20 – 30grams is probably a good number to shoot for.
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