He said that whilst whey is an easily digestible protein, the fact that you drink it means that you are not mixing it with enough enzymes from saliva to aid digestion. So not all of that protein (usually 25 grams) from the shake will be digested.
Since hearing this, when I drink my shake I hold each mouthful for a few seconds longer and swish it around in my mouth a bit whilst chewing before swallowing. When doing this I can actually feel saliva being released from my saliva glands so the chewing motion is important.
This principle can be applied to all liquid foods like soup and mashed potato.
-Lucas
Wow, this is a great tip. I never know that shake protein is not giving enough proteins in the body because of the lack of enzymes from the saliva. I think you got a point in there. Saliva has a lot of enzymes that aid in digestion process. So,from now own I am going to let the shake stay in my mouth for few seconds before swallowing.
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DeleteJust discovered this a few days ago. I mix the protein with saliva in my mouth until I can feel a good amount of saliva has been produced (about 2 minutes). Probably exaggerating, but I will see the results in these next weeks. Protein powder was hard to digest in some occasions, made my stomach feel uneasy, sometimes even nauseous.
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