Protein - lots and lots of it

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  • La5Vega5Girl
    La5Vega5Girl Posts: 709 Member
    my friend's husband was in kidney failure and could not consume any protein. NONE. it was horrible for him. the reason for the kidney issues, though, had nothing to do with his previous intake of protein.

    you're fine :smile:
  • La5Vega5Girl
    La5Vega5Girl Posts: 709 Member
    I don't think I ever went above 200. Some people eat a lot less protein to lose weight. When I was on low carb, I tried and was miserable. No carb, no protein, I was left with butter only. Very sad.


    so just out of curiosity, when you say you did a low-carb diet, why couldn't you eat protein?
  • QuilterInVA
    QuilterInVA Posts: 672 Member
    100 grams is not too much. I aim for 135 grams every day. It takes a lot more before you have to worry about health problems.
  • milliondays
    milliondays Posts: 27 Member
    so just out of curiosity, when you say you did a low-carb diet, why couldn't you eat protein?
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    I gained almost 10 pounds on low carb, so I had to play around with the macros. Some people had success with really low protein, so I gave that a try.

    I gave everything a try on low carb - except low calorie + low carb. When I figured out that I needed to go the low calorie way (about 1200 calories + exercice points), I lost those 10 pounds.

    But I figured - If I'm doing low cal, why in the world would I also limit my carb intake?

    Eating 65 grams of protein was an almost impossible task. If I estimate .5 per pound, at about 130 pounds, that would amount to - roughly - 65 grams. I saw a lot of that .5 per pound. Not for me.

    I can easily go to 145 grams of protein per day. In my earlier post, I say more than 100 - because I almost never go that low.
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    I have heard too much protein stresses the kidneys. I'm no doctor, I just follow the what the world health organization says for adequate protein.

    I don't have a body builder's physique I'm trying to protect here, I'm a 120 lb lightly active lady.
  • milliondays
    milliondays Posts: 27 Member
    But isn't it worse to have too much sugar? It's a different problem - if I had to "quit" protein, I would be miserable, but I never binge on protein. I eat it because it makes me feel full and I like it.

    On the other hand, I do know that sugar is horrible for me, and yet I still eat it.

    So maybe the "too much protein" - if it is a problem, and I'm still debating that - is not comparable to too much sugar, as long as I don't eat, say, 300 grams per day, which I would never do anyway.
  • ScottDowell
    ScottDowell Posts: 95 Member
    If anything is having excess in your body then it would not good for your health. Everything should have in a perfect ratio. So its better to take everything necessary for a body will take in perfect ratio.
  • cajuntank
    cajuntank Posts: 924 Member
    But isn't it worse to have too much sugar? It's a different problem - if I had to "quit" protein, I would be miserable, but I never binge on protein. I eat it because it makes me feel full and I like it.

    On the other hand, I do know that sugar is horrible for me, and yet I still eat it.

    So maybe the "too much protein" - if it is a problem, and I'm still debating that - is not comparable to too much sugar, as long as I don't eat, say, 300 grams per day, which I would never do anyway.

    But you do realize, that excess protein not used by the body gets converted to Glucose and will be used for energy or stored as fat just like carbs and fat. This is why before and foremost, calories rule.

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