what happens if you eat too much protein?

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  • lorilincoln
    lorilincoln Posts: 7 Member
    I also agree that MFP underestimates the amount of protein needed. Based on my food diary I should be getting 69g of protein a day. I aim for around 130 based on what my doctor and a nutritionist friend have recommended.
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    You're fine...until one day..then:

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  • duganed
    duganed Posts: 10 Member
    Animal protein gives you cancer.
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    Animal protein gives you cancer.

    Animal cancer gives you protein
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
    Your head will explode.
  • twinketta
    twinketta Posts: 2,130 Member
    You get fat

    Ummm doh!
  • hsidky
    hsidky Posts: 11 Member
    Dietary cholesterol =/= serum cholesterol. Eat the yolks.

    Fantastic logic there buddy. /s
  • naticksdonna
    naticksdonna Posts: 190 Member
    I always plan to get 100 grams a day but fall shy of that. I consider the MFP numbers to be way off in all areas. And I personally think the Standard American Diet numbers are a bit wonky as well. Give it 10 years and everything they tell you now to do will be wrong and harmful in some way. Look what the low fat/no fat foods have done to this country. If you don't have pre-existing kidney problems you shouldn't have to worry if you go over. Just my opinion..
  • twinketta
    twinketta Posts: 2,130 Member
    Hi Jessica,

    It is so sad that someone can not ask a serious question without a lot of people adding stupid replies.

    You can add lots more protein than is the allowance on MFP and it will help to fill you up more.

    Carbs have a lot of sugar content so I would try to ease back on those.

    Watch the sodium and sugar.

    But back to the protein eat and be merry, you won`t end up like the photos that have been posted unless you resort to lots of steroids n stuff.

    Keep up with you chicken n stuff xx
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    Dietary cholesterol =/= serum cholesterol. Eat the yolks.

    Fantastic logic there buddy. /s

    It's not logic. It's science.
  • duganed
    duganed Posts: 10 Member
    Animal protein gives you cancer.

    Animal cancer gives you protein

    Indeed
  • hsidky
    hsidky Posts: 11 Member
    Apologies for my crassness. Long day at work. I'm done.
  • bdamaster60
    bdamaster60 Posts: 595 Member
    Dietary cholesterol =/= serum cholesterol. Eat the yolks.

    Fantastic logic there buddy. /s

    It's not logic. It's science.

    Clearly logic is not your forte. Neither is reading.

    come on guys this is not youtube or facebook where people argue over stupid stuff. we are here to help one another. keep it respectable please
  • RikkiDominey
    RikkiDominey Posts: 134 Member
    one common side effect especially amongst us bodybuilders is too much protein causes your farts to smell like an chemical weapon went off every single time. If you're not getting excessive amounts of gas passing through then your protein intake is fine.

    haha this just made my day and made me literally "lol". My brother eats abundant amounts of protein and it definitely makes him a horrible workout partner at the gym (He loves to crop dust the area I am in and then walks away, leaving me to look like the culprit).
  • eatcleanNtraindirty
    eatcleanNtraindirty Posts: 444 Member
    Pretty much this:

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    uhh no. What that lady was taking cannot be bought in most nutrition stores and definitely not found in any super markets. What she was taking comes in a vial and needle.
  • eatcleanNtraindirty
    eatcleanNtraindirty Posts: 444 Member
    one common side effect especially amongst us bodybuilders is too much protein causes your farts to smell like an chemical weapon went off every single time. If you're not getting excessive amounts of gas passing through then your protein intake is fine.

    haha this just made my day and made me literally "lol". My brother eats abundant amounts of protein and it definitely makes him a horrible workout partner at the gym (He loves to crop dust the area I am in and then walks away, leaving me to look like the culprit).

    hahaha! "I'm going to... uh go get water..."
  • carolinemisspretty
    carolinemisspretty Posts: 16 Member
    eeewwww
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,321 Member
    You get fat

    Not unless you eat too many calories total.
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
    Your whole face explodes
  • RikkiDominey
    RikkiDominey Posts: 134 Member
    one common side effect especially amongst us bodybuilders is too much protein causes your farts to smell like an chemical weapon went off every single time. If you're not getting excessive amounts of gas passing through then your protein intake is fine.

    haha this just made my day and made me literally "lol". My brother eats abundant amounts of protein and it definitely makes him a horrible workout partner at the gym (He loves to crop dust the area I am in and then walks away, leaving me to look like the culprit).

    hahaha! "I'm going to... uh go get water..."

    Yea pretty much that or the gas cloud hits me and I look up to see him walking away with a smirk on his face. Lol gotta love sibling bonding I guess!
  • TubbsMcGee
    TubbsMcGee Posts: 1,058 Member
    What's your protein set to?
    MFP generally sets it pretty low.
    Aim for 1.5g of protein per lb of lean body mass....unless you're guzzling protein shakes all day, this can be hard to do while eating natural whole foods. Or at least, it is for me!

    At one time I feared I was consuming too much protein, but MFP had just set my goal really low. I do have family in the medical field though that would advise against consuming an outrageous amount every day, say like 400g, as it can have adverse effects on your kidneys.
  • ahamm002
    ahamm002 Posts: 1,690 Member
    I eat eggs and chicken a lot and I keep getting in the red for over doing my "limit" for the day of protein. Everything else is in the green. What happens if you eat too much protein ?

    I'm trying to stay away from breads and cheese and chocolate(love these foods) and have been eating a lot of eggs,chicken, fruits,and veggies.

    For an otherwise healthy person, it's virtually impossible to eat too much protein on any sort of typical western diet. Most body builders have to try really really hard to get enough protein, and they often end up still having to supplement with protein shakes.

    So as long as you have two kidneys and they're working fine, don't worry about it.

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