oh and one more thing, from http://www.ultrunr.com/protein.html
"Over half the dry weight of the human body is protein. Skeletal muscles are 65% protein, hemoglobin is 20% protein, and brain cells are 10% protein."
Yeah, but I'm taking keto acids, which have the capability of covering all essential amino acids not consumed in the diet.
They are not by origin amino acids though, unless needed to be so in the body.
Also, the very high sugar content of my diet keeps my insulin levels elevated quite high throughout the day. This creates a very anti-catabolic environment, as protein degredation is physiologically impossible in the presence of insulin.
Also, with insulin being a mild diuretic by increasing GFR, I'm able to stave off any water retention. The mild sodium reabsorption in the distal tubule caused by the insulin also provides some benefit as it increases intramuscular hydration.
And we all know that the more water in a muscle, the less catabolic it is!
So, at the end of it all, ANY protein I get from my diet can be utilized for synthesis of new proteins.
I figure that I'll get around 10-20g of protein in my diet each day, no matter how hard I try to avoid it.
And since almost all that protein is being used for synthesis of new proteins by my body, I'm adding muscle at the rate of up to 600g a month! That's a pretty decent size increase over the course of a year, especially considering I'm getting leaner at the same time.
