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Article: Are You Using Too Much Protein Powder?

I was told I needed to reduce my protein intake due to early stage kidney disease. That input came from a medical professional. When asked, she stated that she did not think the high protein intake I habitully ingested (250-300+g daily at that time) caused the damage, (this was attributed to type II diabetes) but rather that it would place further strain in my kidneys.
 
Some people do eat too much protein. Look at guys like wendler who eat 1g or so per pound of BW and they are at the top. He eats way more carbs though. If you are natty I say 1g/lb is plenty .
 
My favorite part of the article is
"recommendation is 1.4 to 2.0 grams per pound of body weight which is about 0.6 to 0.9 grams per pound." I'm not an engineer but I'm pretty sure that statement makes no sense mathematically!
 
Axillist said:
My favorite part of the article is
"recommendation is 1.4 to 2.0 grams per pound of body weight which is about 0.6 to 0.9 grams per pound." I'm not an engineer but I'm pretty sure that statement makes no sense mathematically!
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It would be logical to conclude this was a typo and the first unit should be Kilogram, not pound, but as it is worded it does make no sense.
 
So make sure you get your 50 gms of protein and then load up on whole grains. This must be best because the our government would never lie to us.

Someone really needs to moderate the content of the article page. There are some good articles, but crap like this really has no business on this site.
 
Axillist said:
My favorite part of the article is
"recommendation is 1.4 to 2.0 grams per pound of body weight which is about 0.6 to 0.9 grams per pound." I'm not an engineer but I'm pretty sure that statement makes no sense mathematically!
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I quit reading as soon as I read that.
 
jerrysiii said:
So make sure you get your 50 gms of protein and then load up on whole grains. This must be best because the our government would never lie to us.

Someone really needs to moderate the content of the article page. There are some good articles, but crap like this really has no business on this site.
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Then write your own and we will put it up.
 
Not meant as a snap, just the truth. We don't write the articles. They are for you to like, criticize, whatever...we aren't an editorial board and authors don't want their work changed, no matter how awful people think it is.
 
Wow; a new step in pseudoscience right there. Next they will be telling me that vegan-ism is super healthy. Check out the 4th source. That study specifically destroys the implication/agenda this article is trying to push.

To Quote:
"The purpose of this review is to evaluate the scientific validity of AHA Nutrition Committee's statement on dietary protein and weight reduction (St. Jeor ST et al. Circulation 2001;104:1869–1874), which states: "Individuals who follow these [high-protein] diets are risk for ... potential cardiac, renal, bone, and liver abnormalities overall. Simply stated, there is no scientific evidence whatsoever that high-protein intake has adverse effects on liver function. Relative to renal function, there are no data in the scientific literature demonstrating that healthy kidneys are damaged by the increased demands of protein consumed in quantities 2–3 times above the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)."

There is absolutely no friggin way a high protein intake does anything but good to your system if your kidneys aren't shot. It's an absolutely fallacious claim. Period.
 
Am I the only one who didn´t think the article was that bad? I didnt get so hung up on the ammount of protein one should eat but rather, on the consumer report lab analyses on 15 protein powders which contained traces of heavy metal. This was the main point of the article, not how many grams you are having. Whats bad for you is to consume 3 or more servings of these contaminants. Since it didn´t mention which ones were paticulary bad..I looked for that test and turns out these 3 were the most preocupying ones: EAS-Dark Chocolate RTD, Muscle Milk Vanilla and Muscle Milk chocolate both powder version.
 
Pandabear said:
Wow; a new step in pseudoscience right there. Next they will be telling me that vegan-ism is super healthy. Check out the 4th source. That study specifically destroys the implication/agenda this article is trying to push.

To Quote:
"The purpose of this review is to evaluate the scientific validity of AHA Nutrition Committee's statement on dietary protein and weight reduction (St. Jeor ST et al. Circulation 2001;104:1869–1874), which states: "Individuals who follow these [high-protein] diets are risk for ... potential cardiac, renal, bone, and liver abnormalities overall. Simply stated, there is no scientific evidence whatsoever that high-protein intake has adverse effects on liver function. Relative to renal function, there are no data in the scientific literature demonstrating that healthy kidneys are damaged by the increased demands of protein consumed in quantities 2–3 times above the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)."

There is absolutely no friggin way a high protein intake does anything but good to your system if your kidneys aren't shot. It's an absolutely fallacious claim. Period.
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Whoop! there it is!
 
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