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Too Much Protein

Erikaelias85
Erikaelias85 Posts: 69 Member
edited February 15 in Food and Nutrition
I'm trying to eat healthy but am not a huge fan of veggies. I eat a lot of protein, or so I've noticed from my Food Tracking.

Can a person eat too much protein. My food thing is always over the amount recommended.

This is my food diary: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/Erikaelias85

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  • keithemp
    keithemp Posts: 71
    It's nearly impossible to eat so much protein that you are actually causing damage to your kidneys. As long as you try to stay around 1-2g per lb of body mass you will be fine.
  • mamahannick
    mamahannick Posts: 322 Member
    Depends on how you define "too much". I have noticed that if I eat excessive protein, it tears up my stomach. So personally for me there is such a thing as "too much", but a lot of people don't have any problem with high protein.
  • Erikaelias85
    Erikaelias85 Posts: 69 Member
    It's nearly impossible to eat so much protein that you are actually causing damage to your kidneys. As long as you try to stay around 1-2g per lb of body mass you will be fine.

    Thanks! I'll change the number to 139, that's my current weight.
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