# Do Pukers Regain Their Protein After Puking?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pukers-regain-their-protein-after-puking/77536>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 22, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pukers-regain-their-protein-after-puking/77536 "2001-08-22T13:56:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pukers-regain-their-protein-after-puking/77536/1 "2001-08-22T13:56:50Z")

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I know this is a stupid question but I got in a discussion last night in the gym about this. This chick said models that puke after eating retain most of the protein from the food they eat. I just had a hard time believing that because it seems to me the protein wouldn’t have broken down enough yet to get in the blood stream.

So am I right or is the chick at the gym?

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pukers-regain-their-protein-after-puking/77536/2 "2001-08-22T13:59:20Z")

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If small birds are talking to you, you need to lay off the crack pipe.

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**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pukers-regain-their-protein-after-puking/77536/3 "2001-08-22T14:16:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by adam yax \*  
> \*\*If small birds are talking to you, you need to lay off the crack pipe. \*\*

I must be slow this morning it actually took me a while to understand what you were refering too. I need more sleep.

chicks = girls, women

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pukers-regain-their-protein-after-puking/77536/4 "2001-08-22T14:52:04Z")

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You are right. People who vomit immediately after eating do not “retain” the protein. Actually, protein is the slowest item to be digested in the stomach–carbohydrates are processed much quicker. Someone who vomits up a stomach full of food immediately after eating has just gotten rid of all the nutrients, period.

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**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pukers-regain-their-protein-after-puking/77536/5 "2001-08-22T15:04:02Z")

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Thanks duck duck goose and btw how have ya been? I hadn’t seen ya post in a while. Have you had to actually work at work lately?( I hate when that happens. 😉 )