High Protein Safety?

[Guest guest]

This is an excellent read I found recently on the debate over the

safety of high protein diets:

http://www.performancemenu.com/resources/proteinDebate.pdf

Loren Cordain is the author of the paleo-diet material.

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[Guest guest]

> This is an excellent read I found recently on the debate over the

> safety of high protein diets:>

> http://www.performancemenu.com/resources/proteinDebate.pdf>

> Loren Cordain is the author of the paleo-diet material.

When people discuss high protein diets (like BFL which is 40%

protein), they are usually only looking at the diet and not the rest

of the persons lifestyle. Based on a sedentary person, yes 40% would

be/could be way too much for many of the physical reasons in this

article. Yes too much protein can harm someones kidneys/liver *if*

they already have a compromised function of either. And of course if

all you ate was meat it would be bad too - setting one up fro a

coronary! - but BFL proposes a variety of protein sources. In a

normally healthy person, its a moot point. Its not 'too much' for

someone who is following the entire BFL program which includes

INTENSE workouts and thus leading a much more active lifestyle. I

believe (from reading much on the subject) that ones protein needs

increases as exercise increases so that the body has the basic

building blocks (amino acids in protein) to rebuild/repair itself.

Altho this article was a bit heavy on the science, it was a good

read :-)

For a diss review of the paleo-diet:

http://www.westonaprice.org/bookreviews/paleodiet.html

joni

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*variety is the spice of life* - remember to make BFL a lifestyle

change and not just a New Years resolution for 12 weeks.