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Ultrasonic · 06-07-2007, 02:20 PM

Boditronics - interesting post. I am aware of the Kerksick et al study but have not been able to get hold of the full paper, just the abstract you have posted. Have you been able to read it? The abstract doesn't say if the protein was taken as a PWO drink, or at some other time of day, and I'd be very interested to know which was the case. If it is taken immediately PWO it would also be interesting to know when their next meal was. This does though seem a very important study since it's the first one I've come across publishing the effects of long term protein supplementation.

To my mind, whether having caesin in a PWO drink is a good idea or not depends very much when your next meal will be. For most people here I expect they normally have a proper meal about 60-90 minutes after their PWO drink, in which case caesin would IMHO seem a bad idea. The reason being it will still be in the stomach when the meal is eaten and will slow absorption of the nutrients from this meal.

For what little it's worth what I do is the following. I work out typically 18:00 to 19:00, have a PWO drink at 19:00, a meal at 20:30, and then a protein drink which is a 50:50 mix of whey and caesin at 23:00 just before I go to bed.

06-07-2007, 02:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ultrasonic Gym Addict Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Around Posts: 123	Re: Blended protein for PWO Boditronics - interesting post. I am aware of the Kerksick et al study but have not been able to get hold of the full paper, just the abstract you have posted. Have you been able to read it? The abstract doesn't say if the protein was taken as a PWO drink, or at some other time of day, and I'd be very interested to know which was the case. If it is taken immediately PWO it would also be interesting to know when their next meal was. This does though seem a very important study since it's the first one I've come across publishing the effects of long term protein supplementation. To my mind, whether having caesin in a PWO drink is a good idea or not depends very much when your next meal will be. For most people here I expect they normally have a proper meal about 60-90 minutes after their PWO drink, in which case caesin would IMHO seem a bad idea. The reason being it will still be in the stomach when the meal is eaten and will slow absorption of the nutrients from this meal. For what little it's worth what I do is the following. I work out typically 18:00 to 19:00, have a PWO drink at 19:00, a meal at 20:30, and then a protein drink which is a 50:50 mix of whey and caesin at 23:00 just before I go to bed.