Wed, May-29-19, 15:27
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Plan: Atkins-ish (hypoglycemia)
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Progress: 50%
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob-a-rama
I had a friend who ate too much protein, but it was in the form of those muscle building shakes. 4 or 5 per day. It started damaging his kidneys.
I don't know if this relates to the protein you get eating cheese or meat though. Perhaps someone 'in the know' can chime in here.
Bob
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My understanding is that kidney damage is actually caused by high carb diets, but if you go LC after there's already damage to the kidneys, more than minimal protein causes more problems.
If he did not ever eat high carb, then perhaps his protein intake caused the problem to begin with - but then from what I've sometimes read, the protein in those shakes (especially if made from the readily available whey protein powders) are so refined that they're often metabolized almost as if they're carbs. If I'm remembering correctly, there have been cases reported where people have blood glucose spikes from the whey protein powder shakes, even the ones which are very low in carbs. In addition, I think diabetics have also been known to have problems with excess protein causing glucose spikes in general, even from real meat, cheese, and eggs, even though overall carbs have been kept very low.
So I suppose it's not impossible that excessive use of the protein shakes caused kidney damage in an otherwise completely healthy person.
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