Count FREE FORM AMINO ACIDS in the PROTEIN TOTAL????

[Fleshka]

anyone know? for the longest time I was, but someone else said not to.

The reason I ask is I want to avoid kidney problems and keep my protein intake at about 185g a day.

any advice would be greatly appreciated. .

I like to add Glutamine, Leucine, BCAA into drinks and drink it.

i.e. morning I wake up have 5g glutamine, 5g BCAA, and 5g leucine, should I count that as 15g towards my protein total even though it has NO CALORIC value, but does it count towards the protein total when considering your kidneys.

thanks

[Vadim Beliaev]

IMO, you should. The reason you limit protein whenever you have a kidney problem is because kidneys excrete waste products of protein metabolism (urea).

[Fleshka]

thanks man, i appreciate the post. someone else was telling me not to.


see, whenever i go pee, there are bubbles, it could be a number of things.

since i started using fitday I can see how much protein i am actually getting. i was getting near 300g a day.

[Bonebrake]

I would count them.