I feared eating too much protein until I recently learned that 30% of its calories get burned during the digestion process.
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Can be rough on the kidneys for some …
those are rookie numbers! double your protein intake and you get 60%!
Yes, maths is very strong in me!
Peter attia talks a lot about how it can be hard to hit optimal protein intake amounts, especially if you’re doing OMAD or other fasting regimes, which is why he stopped fasting as much.
I can find credible sources that say eating too much protein, fat, or carbs is bad. I’m in my 30s and I’ve found that only the last of the three has had noticeable negative effects on my health.
To be fair, however, when I’ve reduced carbs I’ve increased fat intake. So I wouldn’t say I’ve ever eaten truly “high protein” diet.
Only time I had any issue was before I went low carb & then carnivore. I was consuming far less protein than I do now, but I was eating some sort of corp soy protein bar & ended up with gout, which I suspect had more to do with oxalates & other plant trash. ~300g of protein daily (from steak & eggs) for years now & zero problems. I also run in barfoot shoes & wear them everywhere which is much harder on my feet.
Is that how rabbit starvation happens?
How does that compare to carbs and fats?
That’s one reason why getting some significant portion of your calories from simple sugars in fruits or honey is a good idea. Easier on the digestive system.