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Some people cannot digest protein powder. For what reasons ? What is dumping syndrome? Why can dumping syndrome be linked to certain dietary supplements? We answer all your questions.
Contents :
- Understand the dumping syndrome to better use your food supplements
- What is dumping syndrome?
- Dumping syndrome is not pathological
- Do not confuse dumping syndrome with intolerance
- Why can dumping syndrome be linked to certain dietary supplements?
- The number 1 cause of dumping syndrome: the misuse of a dietary supplement
- Your friends: fat and fiber
- dumping syndrome
Understand the dumping syndrome to better use your food supplements
Have you ever taken a food supplement only to find yourself on the toilet a few minutes later feeling like you've already expelled it in liquid form?
Is this a sign of an allergy to lactose, milk, gluten ...?
No, it is very often a simple dumping syndrome which is not pathological. Dumping syndrome is only a sign that you are not using the supplement in the way that is right for your body.
What is dumping syndrome?
In English, it is a play on words, because "to dump" means both to dump, to discharge while being a slang expression which means that we go to the toilet. We find this duality of effects in this syndrome, which results from too rapid passage of food in the stomach, which thus finds itself poorly digested in the small intestine.
As a result, large amounts of fluid will immediately accumulate in the intestine. Excessive distension of the abdominal wall explains why one may have a "stomach" ache. The blood will also arrive in a massive way, which can explain a rapid weakness and chilliness due to lack of blood in the rest of the body.
Results, we expel everything we can by natural means (nausea or diarrhea). Later, one may experience the symptoms of hypoglycemia.
Dumping syndrome is not pathological
Contrary to what the professionals of fear who live on the internet would have you believe, if the dumping syndrome may seem impressive when it arrives, it does not in any way indicate a pathology when it is due to dietary supplements. It simply means that you are not using your supplements properly or that you are using supplements that are not suitable for your metabolism.
Doctors are very familiar with this dumping syndrome, because it is common in people who have had stomach surgery, and in whom the latter poorly fulfills its digestive functions.
Do not confuse dumping syndrome with intolerance
By simple ignorance of human physiology, the consequences of the dumping syndrome (diarrhea, stomach ache in particular) are too easily attributed to fashionable intolerances: lactose, milk, gluten ... This is a bad diagnosis that is put forward for convenience.
But not fully understanding your own digestive physiology will only retard your progress as an athlete.
Why can dumping syndrome be linked to certain dietary supplements?
There is only a certain class of supplements that is likely to cause dumping syndrome: these are those that have been formulated to be digested extremely quickly in order to directly or indirectly optimize muscle anabolism.
Among these directly anabolic supplements, we find in the order of occurrence:
Indirectly anabolic supplements include:
- The Waxy Maize
- Organic oatmeal powder
- Powdered Organic Barley Flakes
- Organic buckwheat flakes in powder
The No. 1 cause of dumping syndrome: the misuse of a dietary supplement
If you are given a Formula 1 car and try to reach its top speed immediately, you are likely to have an accident long before you reach the full power of the car. It is the same with the anabolic food supplements that we have mentioned.
The behavior that must absolutely be avoided is to say to yourself "Hey, Peptopro is good, I'm going to start by taking a mega-dose to become huge!" Instead of starting with the maximum dose, always start low and go up very gradually.
Following this common sense rule will prevent the vast majority of problems associated with dumping syndrome.
Your friends: fat and fiber
Some dietary supplement specialists recommend systematically adding fat to your proteins. The goal, of course, is to slow down digestion by forcing protein to spend more time in the stomach.
We do not believe that this approach should be systematic. But in case of dumping syndrome, even at low doses, it is an approach that should be considered by adding, for example, a little olive oil to its proteins or its organic oatmeal powder . You can also add fibers such as Nutri-fibres.
Solutions against dumping
If this is not enough, it is necessary to go to the next step to slow down the passage in the stomach even more. For example, mix Peptan with casein... and Organic Oatmeal Powder with a little flakes...
The objection to this strategy is that as the speed of digestion is slowed down, the anabolic response which will follow the intake of the complement is reduced in parallel. However, it must be understood that the question is not posed in these terms.
The real question is what dosage and in what form can your digestive system best assimilate your anabolic dietary supplements? Taking a protein and ending up on the toilet won't be anabolic at all. Anabolism will always be more powerful without dumping syndrome than with it. This is the way to think and not the other way round.
Dumping syndrome: conclusion
In summary, dumping syndrome is characterized by extremely rapid digestive problems following the ingestion of supplements that are digested quickly without remaining in the stomach for long.
It only happens to a minority of athletes. It is mainly due to an error in the use of a new anabolic dietary supplement. Fortunately, it is quite easy to avoid it when you understand the ins and outs.
