We need to set the record straight on this and it's the clearest example of what I call

flawed circular logic and so somebody who has kidney disease, they're beginning a pathway

to what we call kidney failure, they are put on a low protein diet and what we do know

about people who are on that, they live a little bit longer, they're fair enough, you know,

the kidneys beginning to fail so it doesn't want to filter substances that are due to protein

and lots of other things, but the bottom line is that's the observation. So then a lot of people

say, uh-huh, well this person who has kidney failure is on a low protein diet, they live longer,

therefore it was protein that caused kidney failure. I'm like, dumb, that's not true. You can't say

that unless there's some data showing that, you know, higher protein at least maybe is associated

with kidney failure and the amount of data that shows that is next enough.

You're just listening to Dr. Stuart Phillips. What's up my friend and welcome back to another

episode of the Legendary Life podcast. I'm your host celebrity trainer and high performance

health coach Ted Rice. This is a podcast for men and women who are looking to boost their

energy and upgrade their health. So get ready to learn proven health fitness and mindset strategies

to unlock your full potential and today it's going to be all about clearing up your confusion

about protein. We hear so many people claim so many things about protein. For example,

if you're in the bodybuilding space, you've got to eat protein to build muscle, you've got to eat

protein to lose fat because of its high thermic effect of feeding. You've got to make sure you

get enough protein, right? And then there's the other side where people are claiming, oh, well,

protein will damage your bones because it makes you acidic protein can be damaging to your kidneys

and can even possibly be pro-cancer. It can cause cancer because of the influence it has on

something called mTOR. So today I thought, well, why don't we clear that stuff up? And who better

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