Starting to question the high protein hype

[Anonymous]

Stop eating processed protein like bars and powders or drinks. If you eat meat, beans, eggs, plain yogurt, etc. you will get enough protein and get full before overdoing it.

[Anonymous]

What do you eat in a day?

[Anonymous]

I am amused that people think 120g of protein is a lot. I would not even refer to that as high protein diet. I eat significantly more than that and all my health markers look great. Looking at the protein alone is taking things very out of context. There might be other things going on in OP's case beyond the protein intake.

[Anonymous]

If you’re eating meat for protein it will raise your ldl. I wasn’t a huge meat eater, but I went mostly vegan for 6 weeks and my ldl dropped 12 points. Chicken raises your ldl almost as much as beef when it comes to cholesterol. Eat vegan protein for heart health.

[Anonymous]

120g is 1 whole chicken, fine to eat one after leg day but every day for 6 month? How did you stomach that much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am amused that people think 120g of protein is a lot. I would not even refer to that as high protein diet. I eat significantly more than that and all my health markers look great. Looking at the protein alone is taking things very out of context. There might be other things going on in OP's case beyond the protein intake.

Depends on how your body reacts - if the protein is from whole foods your body could flush it out. For some the body tries to process it. Or a bit of both. What is your body background?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am amused that people think 120g of protein is a lot. I would not even refer to that as high protein diet. I eat significantly more than that and all my health markers look great. Looking at the protein alone is taking things very out of context. There might be other things going on in OP's case beyond the protein intake.

1. It depends on your weight, duh.
2. Your diet can catch up with you later.
3. Individuals are different genetic predispositions and some are more sensitive to various triggers than others.
4. All you did was expose your ignorance, bravo.

[Anonymous]

Truthfully, most doctors get about one hour of nutrition education in med school. So much disinformation gets thrown around.
Your protein intake is doing irreversible damage to your kidneys. Please stop if you value your health. 45 g is plenty, and be sure to get enough fiber. Vegetable proteins are easier on the kidneys, so I’d go with those from now on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:120g is 1 whole chicken, fine to eat one after leg day but every day for 6 month? How did you stomach that much.

120g of protein is 400g of chicken breast and that can easily be eaten in two meals. But obviously you don't have to eat just chicken. You can do yoghurt, eggs, cottage cheese, fish. Tons of protein dense option with low calorie content. And considering many other foods (bread, legumes, some veggies) contain protein too it all adds up. 120g is very easy to get and stomach. I get that without even trying. It is just a normal way of eating for me. And I still get plenty of carbs and fat too as 120g of protein is only 480 calories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am amused that people think 120g of protein is a lot. I would not even refer to that as high protein diet. I eat significantly more than that and all my health markers look great. Looking at the protein alone is taking things very out of context. There might be other things going on in OP's case beyond the protein intake.

1. It depends on your weight, duh.
2. Your diet can catch up with you later.
3. Individuals are different genetic predispositions and some are more sensitive to various triggers than others.
4. All you did was expose your ignorance, bravo.

I am similar size to OP and average about 130-150g of protein a day without even really trying. OP did not explore any other potential triggers, just blamed everything on protein with no evidence. My anecdote is a good as hers. But thank you for your deep analysis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Truthfully, most doctors get about one hour of nutrition education in med school. So much disinformation gets thrown around.
Your protein intake is doing irreversible damage to your kidneys. Please stop if you value your health. 45 g is plenty, and be sure to get enough fiber. Vegetable proteins are easier on the kidneys, so I’d go with those from now on.

What is your nutrition education?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am amused that people think 120g of protein is a lot. I would not even refer to that as high protein diet. I eat significantly more than that and all my health markers look great. Looking at the protein alone is taking things very out of context. There might be other things going on in OP's case beyond the protein intake.

1. It depends on your weight, duh.
2. Your diet can catch up with you later.
3. Individuals are different genetic predispositions and some are more sensitive to various triggers than others.
4. All you did was expose your ignorance, bravo.

I am similar size to OP and average about 130-150g of protein a day without even really trying. OP did not explore any other potential triggers, just blamed everything on protein with no evidence. My anecdote is a good as hers. But thank you for your deep analysis.

No. There are years of medical evidence that too much protein is bad for you. Don't be stupid. You can poison your body how you want, but don't tell others to do the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:120g is 1 whole chicken, fine to eat one after leg day but every day for 6 month? How did you stomach that much.

120g of protein is 400g of chicken breast and that can easily be eaten in two meals. But obviously you don't have to eat just chicken. You can do yoghurt, eggs, cottage cheese, fish. Tons of protein dense option with low calorie content. And considering many other foods (bread, legumes, some veggies) contain protein too it all adds up. 120g is very easy to get and stomach. I get that without even trying. It is just a normal way of eating for me. And I still get plenty of carbs and fat too as 120g of protein is only 480 calories.

I’m just curious how many calories you eat ever day. I only eat about 1400 calories a day and there’s no way I could hit 120 g of protein unless it was all I ate. Looking back over my food tracker for the past 4 months, the only says that I even hit over 80 are the days I eat fish, which I probably shouldn’t eat every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:120g is 1 whole chicken, fine to eat one after leg day but every day for 6 month? How did you stomach that much.

120g of protein is 400g of chicken breast and that can easily be eaten in two meals. But obviously you don't have to eat just chicken. You can do yoghurt, eggs, cottage cheese, fish. Tons of protein dense option with low calorie content. And considering many other foods (bread, legumes, some veggies) contain protein too it all adds up. 120g is very easy to get and stomach. I get that without even trying. It is just a normal way of eating for me. And I still get plenty of carbs and fat too as 120g of protein is only 480 calories.

I’m just curious how many calories you eat ever day. I only eat about 1400 calories a day and there’s no way I could hit 120 g of protein unless it was all I ate. Looking back over my food tracker for the past 4 months, the only says that I even hit over 80 are the days I eat fish, which I probably shouldn’t eat every day.

Consistently undereating is a bigger problem than eating a lot of protein. 1400 calories would only be adequate if you are a very tiny and very inactive person. I am 140lbs with sedentary job but 10k+ steps a day and weights 4-5/week. My maintenance is around 2300 calories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:120g is 1 whole chicken, fine to eat one after leg day but every day for 6 month? How did you stomach that much.

120g of protein is 400g of chicken breast and that can easily be eaten in two meals. But obviously you don't have to eat just chicken. You can do yoghurt, eggs, cottage cheese, fish. Tons of protein dense option with low calorie content. And considering many other foods (bread, legumes, some veggies) contain protein too it all adds up. 120g is very easy to get and stomach. I get that without even trying. It is just a normal way of eating for me. And I still get plenty of carbs and fat too as 120g of protein is only 480 calories.

I’m just curious how many calories you eat ever day. I only eat about 1400 calories a day and there’s no way I could hit 120 g of protein unless it was all I ate. Looking back over my food tracker for the past 4 months, the only says that I even hit over 80 are the days I eat fish, which I probably shouldn’t eat every day.

120g of protein is just 480 calories. Still plenty left for other things even if you just eat 1400, but you should try to eat more. 1400 is very low for an adult.