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I've read that some forms of protein (such as from animal sources) are more "bio available" than others, and thus result in a higher net result of protein absorbed.

I see I can filter out specific sources, but it'd be cool if as part of the normalization, that it took this into account in some way.

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I've read that too, but you can counter that by having a more diverse plant based protein sources.

Protein powder is 90% marketing that is a distortion of reality and research for marketing purposes. None of this matters unless you are only getting your protein from one source.

If you are eating north of .5-7 grams per lb of bodyweight throughout the day you are not going to be short of amino acids when needed even if lifting really hard.

I like a protein shake because it taste good and different but there is absolutely nothing special about any of this. Protein powder has the absolute most bullshit around the product of anything I can even think of.

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