what happens if you eat to much protein

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I was wondering what happens if you consume to much protein? I hear people say 1 gram for every pound of bodyweight. What happens if I was to consume more?
 
If your body is trying to build muscle (your weight training correctly) then it will first use the protein to rebuild muscle tissue. Any further excess will be turned into fat if your calories in are greater than your calories out.
 
Clint07 said:
If your body is trying to build muscle (your weight training correctly) then it will first use the protein to rebuild muscle tissue. Any further excess will be turned into fat if your calories in are greater than your calories out.
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Thanks someone told me it will mess up your kidneys if you consume to much protein it will spill thru them and you will piss it out
 
You can consume as much protein as you like and it wont hurt you, that was an old belief. It all depends on what kind of diet you are on and what your goals are. Just make sure that the majority of it comes from actual foods like chicken, fish and meat and not all from protein powders.
 
bayboy4life said:
Ya I just now remembered the person who told me that has messed up kidneys. I was just concerned that it might happen to me
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There are a lot of ant-protein people out there. Most of their claims have been disputed, though. Getting between 1 and 1.5 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight a day should be fine.
 
I believe they've linked high protein diets to a higher risk of cancer, especially those higher in red meat.
 
What everyone else said is mostly true. Dangers of moderate-to-high protein intake are poorly substantiated. I will take exception to whomever claimed excess protein will "turn into fat." Excess protein will turn into glucose, which may, in turn, become fat. However, the process of ripping off the -amine group is so demanding, you barely net any kCal from protein-->glucose conversion. And by the way, the -amine group is what you "pee out." Hopefully, everyone on a high protein diet isn't spilling protein renally. That would be bad.

~Terumo
 
Terumo said:
What everyone else said is mostly true. Dangers of moderate-to-high protein intake are poorly substantiated. I will take exception to whomever claimed excess protein will "turn into fat." Excess protein will turn into glucose, which may, in turn, become fat. However, the process of ripping off the -amine group is so demanding, you barely net any kCal from protein-->glucose conversion. And by the way, the -amine group is what you "pee out." Hopefully, everyone on a high protein diet isn't spilling protein renally. That would be bad.

~Terumo
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How about in English?? lol.. So does it make you fat or no?
 
Terumo said:
What everyone else said is mostly true. Dangers of moderate-to-high protein intake are poorly substantiated. I will take exception to whomever claimed excess protein will "turn into fat." Excess protein will turn into glucose, which may, in turn, become fat. However, the process of ripping off the -amine group is so demanding, you barely net any kCal from protein-->glucose conversion. And by the way, the -amine group is what you "pee out." Hopefully, everyone on a high protein diet isn't spilling protein renally. That would be bad.

~Terumo
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Tical:

Basically, no, you don't. Sorry if I got carried way there. I was trying to say this:

It takes a hell of a lot of energy to turn protein into glucose, almost as much energy as you actually receive from using the glucose. The calorie net is so small, protein has very little chance of being converted to fat.

Also, very little whole protein is actually expelled in the urine. You only expel a tiny fraction of it (the nitrogen-based group) while the rest is converted to glucose at a fairly high rate.

~Terumo
 
King Kabuki said:
Superiority Complex.
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At least I appreciate good irony.

Terumo: You don't really "piss out" protein because of this, this, this, and this.

Another poster, two posts down: You piss it out.

~Terumo
 
Terumo said:
At least I appreciate good irony.

Terumo: You don't really "piss out" protein because of this, this, this, and this.

Another poster, two posts down: You piss it out.

~Terumo
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For some reason this made me imagine the shear agony of trying to pass a piece of steak mid-piss....ouch.
 
At least I appreciate good irony.

Terumo: You don't really "piss out" protein because of this, this, this, and this.

Another poster, two posts down: You piss it out.

~Terumo
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Hey I'm just glad you clarified about protein not being stored as fat. I think around the time you first came around here I was one of the only people going around saying so.

And I hear it every single day:

"Oh I don't want none of them protein shakes, I don't wanna get fat."

Yargh.

Or my favorite "I don't want to gain muscle, I just want to get bigger."

"You either gain muscle or fat."

".......no, I just want to gain weight. Those shakes and stuff are only for bodybuilders."

*promptly shoots self in temple*
 
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