Instead of eating all your protein in one sitting, space your intake out across 3-5 meals targeting about 0.3 g/kg per meal
Your body can only trigger muscle building so many times a day Missing a meal window means missing a growth signal
Science proves the leucine threshold is a real thing Hit that 30-40g mark every few hours to trigger recovery
It is about muscle protein synthesis Eating it all at once just oxidizes the extra protein for energy instead of repair
Think of it as steady drip-feeding Consistent amino acid availability keeps your body out of a catabolic state
If you are fasting all day and gorging at night your net nitrogen balance takes a major hit
You do not need six meals but three is the absolute bare minimum to optimize your daily genetic potential
Digestion is the bottleneck Here your gut can only process amino acids into blood circulation at a fixed hourly rate
Spreading your intake stabilizes your blood sugar too You avoid those massive post-meal energy crashes
Hypertrophy is about consistency Evenly spaced boluses of protein keep your anabolic machinery running 24/7