spesmilitis
Master Don Juan
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Nutritionist say that over some amount of protein per meal will not be absorbed by the body. Experienced lifters scoff at that amount. They know from years of experience, that way more protein that one amount indicated by scientists is effective. However, scientists have done studies on strength athletes, and have found out that not all of the protein consumed by lifters is absorbed in the body. The my hypothesis to this contraction is Le Châtelier's Principle.
Le Châtelier's Principle:
When a reactant or product of an equilibrium reaction is added to a solution that is at equilibrium, the added species will react to change the concentrations of the reactants and products in the solution until a new equilibrium is established (but the ratio of the concentrations given in the mass action expression (Equation 6) is the same, because the equilibrium constant, K, is a constant at a given temperature). This process is known as a shift in the equilibrium
In summary, the more of a reactant you have, the more reactions you'll get.
How does this relate to protein absorption?
The more protein you have, the more reactions with that protein you'll get. More amino acids flowing in your body will result in more chances that the amino acid will come into contact the other reactions/enzymes, which will result in more muscle proteins.
I have taken many chemistry labs in college, and there were very few reactions where 100% of the limiting reactant (chemical available in the lowest amounts, thus the reaction depends on how much of the limiting reactant available). Most of the times, there was limiting reactant left over. I would give that a rough estimate of average percent yield (percent of limiting reactant consumed) is 75%. Theoretically, it should be 100%. The reason for this would require knowledge of physical chemistry to understand, but a simplified view would be imagining to balls bouncing around in a room.
Each of the two balls is a reactant. They balls will on react when they come into contact. As you can imagine, at an instant, there is very few chances that the balls would react. But now, imagine 100 balls bouncing around in that same room. At first, there will be a lot of reactions. But, as time goes on, there will be few balls left, and the number of reactions per time interval will be very small. In lab, only in cases where I had a tiny bit of limiting reactant, and a whole lot of the other reactants, all of the limiting reactant was consumed. But in that case, very little of the other reactants was consumed.
Now lets compare this to protein, and your body. Protein is the limiting reactant. Your body, and all its muscle tears are the reactants available in excess. I.E., protein is one type of ball in bouncing in the room, the reactants that will turn it into muscle is another ball. If your body is absorbing 100% of the protein digested, it means that there are a whole lot of muscle tear sites that went unreacted, and new muscle won't grow there.
I call this, Santosh's hypothesis.
Le Châtelier's Principle:
When a reactant or product of an equilibrium reaction is added to a solution that is at equilibrium, the added species will react to change the concentrations of the reactants and products in the solution until a new equilibrium is established (but the ratio of the concentrations given in the mass action expression (Equation 6) is the same, because the equilibrium constant, K, is a constant at a given temperature). This process is known as a shift in the equilibrium
In summary, the more of a reactant you have, the more reactions you'll get.
How does this relate to protein absorption?
The more protein you have, the more reactions with that protein you'll get. More amino acids flowing in your body will result in more chances that the amino acid will come into contact the other reactions/enzymes, which will result in more muscle proteins.
I have taken many chemistry labs in college, and there were very few reactions where 100% of the limiting reactant (chemical available in the lowest amounts, thus the reaction depends on how much of the limiting reactant available). Most of the times, there was limiting reactant left over. I would give that a rough estimate of average percent yield (percent of limiting reactant consumed) is 75%. Theoretically, it should be 100%. The reason for this would require knowledge of physical chemistry to understand, but a simplified view would be imagining to balls bouncing around in a room.
Each of the two balls is a reactant. They balls will on react when they come into contact. As you can imagine, at an instant, there is very few chances that the balls would react. But now, imagine 100 balls bouncing around in that same room. At first, there will be a lot of reactions. But, as time goes on, there will be few balls left, and the number of reactions per time interval will be very small. In lab, only in cases where I had a tiny bit of limiting reactant, and a whole lot of the other reactants, all of the limiting reactant was consumed. But in that case, very little of the other reactants was consumed.
Now lets compare this to protein, and your body. Protein is the limiting reactant. Your body, and all its muscle tears are the reactants available in excess. I.E., protein is one type of ball in bouncing in the room, the reactants that will turn it into muscle is another ball. If your body is absorbing 100% of the protein digested, it means that there are a whole lot of muscle tear sites that went unreacted, and new muscle won't grow there.
I call this, Santosh's hypothesis.
