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What the 15% rule? (How much protein gets absorbed?)
Posted on October 12, 2013 2 Comments
Did you know that 15% of plant proteins from legumes, fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds and grains are not fully absorbed? If you’ve calculated eating 100 grams of vegetable proteins for that day, you’re absorbing only 85 grams of protein, which is a 15% loss. Vegan protein powders don’t take this loss into account so if […]
