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| Can you get too much protein? Digesting it releases acids that the body usually neutralizes with calcium and other buffering agents in the blood. Eating lots of protein, such as the amounts recommended in the so-called low-carb or no-carb diets, takes lots of calcium. Some of this may be pulled from bone. Following a high-protein diet for a few weeks probably won't have much effect on bone strength. Doing it for a long time, though, could weaken bone. In the Nurses' Health Study, for example, women who ate more than 95 grams of protein a day were 20 percent more likely to have broken a wrist over a 12-year period when compared to those who ate an average amount of protein (less than 68 grams a day).(1) Although more research is clearly needed to define the optimal amount of daily protein, these results suggest that long-term high-protein diets should be used with caution, if at all. |
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| that information is not applicable to athletes... |
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this is not true bodybuilders and other athletes have been consuming high protein diets for years and are they all stuck in hospital with broken wrists/arms/legs and so on? c'mon what a load of crap that shit is! |
| at the end of the day body builders probably consume more calcium than most people anyway so its probably not worth worry about |
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Originally Posted by Johnnny
Why is that?
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The biochemistry is quite sound but remember the studies were done in relatively sedentary study subjects. Lack of excercise is in itself a risk factor for osteopenia (thinnning of bones) when coupled with a diet that is relatively high in protein may be a set up for premature thinning of the bones. I reallly believe if they studeid athletes or body builders thery would find a more neurtral association . In other words, the conclusion of this epidimiologic meta-analysis is that high protein diet in sedentary subjects may cause thinning of the bones but not necessarily in body builders or athletes. In addition, the Nurses Health Study was not designed to answer this particular association so providing adequate controls (such as activity level, calcium intake etc. were not incorporated into the study), thus, no cause and effect can be definately concluded. This was just a side or offshoot analysis. |
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Originally Posted by Johnnny
bandaidwoman
Makes sense to me |
Bandaid always makes sense.
