The Very Real Risks of Consuming Too Much Protein
johnnylakis
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http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/09/03/too-much-protein.aspx
From Dr Joseph Mercola....Eating more protein than your body needs can interfere with your health and fitness goals, including weight gain, extra body fat, stress on your kidneys, chronic dehydration, and leaching of important bone minerals.
Your body needs protein, the primary building block for cells, muscles, and bones. It also helps preserve lean muscle that is typically lost with age. High quality proteins from pasture raised animals are more easily used by your body than those from plants.
That said, there is an upper limit to how much protein your body can actually use. On average, Americans consume three to five times more protein than they need.
When you consume too much protein, your body must remove more nitrogen waste products from your blood, which stresses your kidneys.
Most people need 40 to 70 grams of protein per day (the CDC's general protein recommendation for adults is 46 g a day for women, and 56 g a day for men). Rarely does a person than this—the exception for those who are aggressively exercising (or competing) and pregnant women.
From Dr Joseph Mercola....Eating more protein than your body needs can interfere with your health and fitness goals, including weight gain, extra body fat, stress on your kidneys, chronic dehydration, and leaching of important bone minerals.
Your body needs protein, the primary building block for cells, muscles, and bones. It also helps preserve lean muscle that is typically lost with age. High quality proteins from pasture raised animals are more easily used by your body than those from plants.
That said, there is an upper limit to how much protein your body can actually use. On average, Americans consume three to five times more protein than they need.
When you consume too much protein, your body must remove more nitrogen waste products from your blood, which stresses your kidneys.
Most people need 40 to 70 grams of protein per day (the CDC's general protein recommendation for adults is 46 g a day for women, and 56 g a day for men). Rarely does a person than this—the exception for those who are aggressively exercising (or competing) and pregnant women.
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Mercola is a hack.0
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Nope0
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I'm prolly gonna die then. I'm up 7 pounds from being at a bbq for 6 hours. Brisket. Ribs. Carnitas. Pulled pork. Bacon wrapped jalapenos.0
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Lol. Mercola.johnnylakis wrote: »
Most people need 40 to 70 grams of protein per day (the CDC's general protein recommendation for adults is 46 g a day for women, and 56 g a day for men). Rarely does a person than this—the exception for those who are aggressively exercising (or competing) and pregnant women.
I can't find CDC's recommendation for protein atm but my understanding was those are the MINIMUM requirements.
And pregnant woman aren't supposed to eat too much protein IIRC.0 -
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Lol... I'm 108lbs and eat 120-150g protein and I dont even try, its just how I eat
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Well Mercola maya not be the best source of information but he wouldn't be the only person saying this. I agree too much protein is not healthy.0
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970Mikaela1 wrote: »I'm prolly gonna die then. I'm up 7 pounds from being at a bbq for 6 hours. Brisket. Ribs. Carnitas. Pulled pork. Bacon wrapped jalapenos.
RIP Mikaela, you will be missed.
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hehehe. He said "Mercola".0
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oh snap, anyone notice the jammin, super PC car he is rockin' in his pic?
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I get that too much protein isn't good, but the op smells like a troll.0 -
IronBatMaiden wrote: »
I get that too much protein isn't good, but the op smells like a troll.
NOOOOOOO!!!!! PROTEIN IS THE BEST NUTRIENT TO OVER-CONSUME ON A DIET!!! if nothing else the tef of protein means it's only 3.4 calsish...so thats like an extra 100 cals per day on 200g!0 -
and i think he was refering to the OP as a troll
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What is a man that exercises regularly suppose to do with 46g of protein a day? Lol.0
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His source for that is a 2003 study (well, he used a Livestrong article that briefly mentioned this study) that only studied women and appears to have relied on self-reporting. Why he's yammering on about aging males and such I don't know.
Enjoy your 46 grams of protein, maybe skinny fat will become the next new body craze.0 -
Anyone providing an opinion while trying to sell you a product or idea/plan is self serving, and I don't put stock in such sources.
The USDA recommends 0.8g/kg/day for protein, for the general public. That is sufficient for 95% of the population.
For athletes their recommendation is anywhere from 1.2 to 1.7, depending on type and intensity. You'll get recommendations all over the place for how much you should or shouldn't try to eat from other sources. And no, your not an athlete if you spend 4-6 hrs a week in the gym/working out.
Medical Studies testing the muscle sparing effectiveness of protein while under heavy caloric restriction have shown that anything in excess of ~ 1.5g/kg is wasted, having no measurable effect.
I aim for 1g/kg, but am quite happy if I fall anywhere between the 0.8-1.5g/kg range. It has been very effective for me, over the course of the last 6 months. I have maintained muscle mass while gaining strength on a StrongLifts 5x5 plan, while losing an average of 2lbs. week.0 -
Oh look,
Here's Johnny with his drive-by posting of the week.0 -
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So if I consume 57 g of protein a day my kidneys will explode next week?johnnylakis wrote: »http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/09/03/too-much-protein.aspx
From Dr Joseph Mercola....Eating more protein than your body needs can interfere with your health and fitness goals, including weight gain, extra body fat, stress on your kidneys, chronic dehydration, and leaching of important bone minerals.
Your body needs protein, the primary building block for cells, muscles, and bones. It also helps preserve lean muscle that is typically lost with age. High quality proteins from pasture raised animals are more easily used by your body than those from plants.
That said, there is an upper limit to how much protein your body can actually use. On average, Americans consume three to five times more protein than they need.
When you consume too much protein, your body must remove more nitrogen waste products from your blood, which stresses your kidneys.
Most people need 40 to 70 grams of protein per day (the CDC's general protein recommendation for adults is 46 g a day for women, and 56 g a day for men). Rarely does a person than this—the exception for those who are aggressively exercising (or competing) and pregnant women.0 -
i'm no fan of ultra low carb/high protein dieting, but I'm utterly unconvinced by the OP.0
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Sometimes there is a grain of truth to Mercola. Most times he is an alarmist.0
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johnnylakis wrote: »http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/09/03/too-much-protein.aspx
From Dr Joseph Mercola....Eating more protein than your body needs can interfere with your health and fitness goals, including weight gain, extra body fat, stress on your kidneys, chronic dehydration, and leaching of important bone minerals.
Your body needs protein, the primary building block for cells, muscles, and bones. It also helps preserve lean muscle that is typically lost with age. High quality proteins from pasture raised animals are more easily used by your body than those from plants.
That said, there is an upper limit to how much protein your body can actually use. On average, Americans consume three to five times more protein than they need.
When you consume too much protein, your body must remove more nitrogen waste products from your blood, which stresses your kidneys.
Most people need 40 to 70 grams of protein per day (the CDC's general protein recommendation for adults is 46 g a day for women, and 56 g a day for men). Rarely does a person than this—the exception for those who are aggressively exercising (or competing) and pregnant women.
So......you're finding that Americans are typically consuming 200-350 grams of protein daily?0 -
johnnylakis wrote: »http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/09/03/too-much-protein.aspx
From Dr Joseph Mercola....Eating more protein than your body needs can interfere with your health and fitness goals, including weight gain, extra body fat, stress on your kidneys, chronic dehydration, and leaching of important bone minerals.
Your body needs protein, the primary building block for cells, muscles, and bones. It also helps preserve lean muscle that is typically lost with age. High quality proteins from pasture raised animals are more easily used by your body than those from plants.
That said, there is an upper limit to how much protein your body can actually use. On average, Americans consume three to five times more protein than they need.
When you consume too much protein, your body must remove more nitrogen waste products from your blood, which stresses your kidneys.
Most people need 40 to 70 grams of protein per day (the CDC's general protein recommendation for adults is 46 g a day for women, and 56 g a day for men). Rarely does a person than this—the exception for those who are aggressively exercising (or competing) and pregnant women.
All that is instantly shot down by our ancestors through the hunter/gatherer phase, who ate animals for food most heavily, even wild berries that have not gone through hybridization have significant protein and lesser carbs in them, for certain they would have gotten "too much" protein according to this article, but there is no evidence of them dying of kidney diseases, osteoporosis and becoming too fat (as would result according to the article above).0 -
I am finding age can change a lot of things. 'Too much' can be a very subjective 'amount' from person to person and may apply to fats and carbohydrates as well.0
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I wonder if OP will come back...0
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I would guess the OP isn't coming back as he isnt interested in any arguments. I imagine that link has been posted here by some one paid to increase the the in-bound links to his article to boost its rank on google. hence increasing the site traffic and money made from the site (he has a shop). You can pay a person who works in search engine optimisation business to post links to your articles / website in forums to help increase its search rank :-) The more replies you post - the more credible the inbound link will be and the better his google rank will be. So if you hate the article - try not to reply to it and they will be deprived some google rank hopefully!
For people really interested in protein consumption I suggest looking at Alan Aragons articles who uses more honest science to justify his conclusions.
http://wannabebig.com/diet-and-nutrition/is-there-a-limit-to-how-much-protein-the-body-can-use-in-a-single-meal/0
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