Thanks so much! That’s about what I was thinking, although I’ve discovered I probably haven’t been meeting my 1g/kg daily requirement.
As for Casein, I did a quick search on Google Scholar and found a couple of relevant articles. Sorry, I don’t have time to vet them completely, but the abstracts tell part of the story, anyway. Some evidence suggests casein aids muscle repair/recovery…
…though timing may not be especially critical…
…and it potentially aids sleep for stressed subjects (rats, anyway).
Most interesting, protein supplementation beyond 0.8g/kg for older people does not appear to be settled science quite yet: