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Revisiting: Protein density versus volume when you cannot eat much

Nutrition & Training › Protein & intake constipation micronutrients lean mass loss fatigue

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so.mbekiTL228 Jun 2026#15

Building on post #14 rather than restating it.

Self-reported intake is optimistic by a consistent margin in the published comparisons, which is worth applying to your own numbers.

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WoodhouseTL2Member1 Jul 2026#22

Post #21 is the version of this I will quote in future. One addition.

Protein sources: animal sources (meat, fish, eggs, dairy) are denser and easier to hit targets with. Plant sources require higher volume. Neither is nutritionally superior; volume and personal preference matter.

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an.kirchnerTL23 Jul 2026#29

Where intake has fallen a long way, protein is usually the first thing to fall because it is the least appealing macronutrient when appetite is reduced.

The claim is narrower than it sounds, and deliberately so.

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n.cabreraTL25 Jul 2026#34

Grateful for the specificity. Vague answers to this question are what sent me looking.

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k.asanteTL28 Jul 2026#42

Confirming post #39 from a second method, which matters more than confirming it from a second person.

Where somebody reports losing strength, intake and training stimulus are the first two things to look at rather than the compound.

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a.wikstromTL213 Jul 2026#61

The practical problem is that appetite suppression makes hitting a target genuinely hard, and "eat more protein" ignores the actual constraint.

Someone will know this better than I do and I hope they say so.

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m.yildizTL221 Jul 2026#89

Answering the question post #87 raises rather than the one it answers.

Renal considerations around higher protein intake apply to people with existing renal impairment and are frequently generalised beyond that population.

I would put a moderate confidence on that and no more.

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BDraganovTL2Member23 Jul 2026#98

Worth stating the null on Protein density versus volume before we explain it: the observation may be nothing. That possibility deserves a sentence and usually does not get one.

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a.weissTL224 Jul 2026#102

Meeting protein targets on suppressed appetite: this is where the practical difficulty lies. Eating more protein when appetite is suppressed is genuinely hard. Front-loading the day, prioritising density over volume, and accepting this is a problem worth solving all help.

This is where my knowledge stops and I would rather mark the edge than blur it.

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