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Self Experiments In the Biochemically Unoptimized State

Mastering Nutrition

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The Effects of Weight Protein on the Glucose Response

In healthy normal weight mostly male adults 40 grams of weight protein blundered the glucose response by 32% when mixed into a drink containing 75 grams of glucose. In untrained recreationally active healthy males who had done an intense lower body workout the day before 25 grams of protein had no impact on the glucose response at all. It seems that preloading the whey protein by 30 minutes is more effective than consuming it at the same time since the first study did that and actually turned the glucose response negative.

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