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So I get this question a lot, can too much protein actually make you fat?

Let's discuss it.

Guys, I'm not talking about a couple of days of eating a lot of protein.

I'm talking about consistently consuming too much protein week after week, what would happen?

Alright, so a couple of things about protein.

There's a hormone called insulin.

Insulin has several functions.

Insulin converts what you're eating to fat.

It also prevents the release of fat.

So it's a fat-making hormone that prevents you losing weight.

An excessive amounts of protein will trigger insulin.

But the question is, there's a lot of people doing a large amounts of protein and they're not getting fat.

Why is that?

It's because protein also triggers another hormone called glucagon.

Glucagon does the reverse of insulin.

It's produced by the pancreas by the alpha cells.

This is produced by the beta cells.

So they're a very close relationship and they do an opposite function.

So glucagon helps you burn fat.

So if you're consuming a lot of protein, you're going to be triggering both of these hormones at the same time.

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