Originally Posted by
terrymorse
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What happens if you eat much more that amount, 3.5 g/kg of protein, roughly:
- used by body ~47%
- oxidized for energy ~49%
- stored as fat/glycogen ~4-6%
- urea excretion - high
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I have some doubts about this one: "oxidized for energy ~49%" (47 + 49 + 4-6 = 100-102 % so urea excretion can't be high...), maybe a typo?
Or I'm missing something.
My understanding is most proteins in excess of our needs are eliminated, so that can't be a few percents only.