Q: I use an 100% whey protein that gives me about 23 grams of pure protein every time i use it.Is that protein better than this i get from normal foods?What i do now is take main protein from food i eat daily and in case the food we have at home doesnt contain any protein then i use this i bought to take the protein i need.Do i use this product correct?Also,how much protein can a human body disgest succesfully in 3 hours?I have heard around 25 grams.Is this correct?

A: That is a good protein brand (I recommend it, above) and you're using it correctly. It's no better or worse than protein you get from 'regular' foods, though it is relatively fast-digesting which makes it a good choice in the morning and immediately before and after workouts. But eating regular protein-rich foods at those times is perfectly fine too.

As to how much a body can digest at a time, there's no one answer, but it's definitely more than 25g in 3 hours. There're numerous studies that prove that the atheltic performance improves significantly when eating 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight. That means a 180-pound person can certainly digest and benefit from 180 grams of protein a day and the studies did not require participants to split it into 6 or more meals. So they got 40-50 grams at a time and still benefitted. And there's a lot of anecdotal evidence for benefits from even more than 1 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight. I'd say 40 grams of protein per meal with 5-6 meals a day is a good target for an 180-pound person, for example.