Is A High-Protein Diet Bad For Your Kidneys?

So, is a high-protein diet bad for your kidneys?
In a word ‘no’.
More specifically, protein may only bad for your kidneys if you have bad kidneys .

If you use the formula I use to calculate how much protein you need to build muscle, you’ll probably be consuming about 20-25% of your daily calories from protein. Hardly enough to place undue stress on the kidneys.

To illustrate the point here’s a study that tested the hypothesis that a high-protein consumption would adversely affect the kidneys.

One group is put on a high-protein diet, the other on a low-protein vegetarian diet. The conclusion - speaking of the higher-protein diet it says:

“such a diet does not significantly affect kidney function with “normal aging” in healthy subjects.”

Enjoy your salmon everyone

Mark McManus.

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5 Responses to “Is A High-Protein Diet Bad For Your Kidneys?”

Gazo Says:
June 18th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Salmon and celerac chips on the menu for tomoz I will enjoy my salmon thanks mark
Gazo
Mark McManus Says:
June 18th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Sounds delish mate, enjoy!
Mark
Gazo Says:
June 18th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Just one thing about fibre what I am about to suggest I wouldnt do because im leaving potatoes alone, if I ate some potatoe the a bowl of fibre would it cancel out the carbs or am i just wishing?
Mark McManus Says:
June 19th, 2008 at 4:57 am
I think I know what you’re saying Gazo. If you add fibre to a meal, does it reduce the carb count, no, unfortunately not. In Europe our product packaging lists ‘net carbs’ as ‘carbs’ i.e. minus the fibre. In the US, they list ‘total carbs’ as ‘carbs’ so customers have to subtract it themselves to see what the net carb content is. Adding extra fibre (fiber - US) to a meal will not alter the carb count.
Mark
Gazo Says:
June 19th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Dame