Episode #248: The Darkside of Protein
Barbell Medicine Podcast
Barbell Medicine
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2023
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Drs. Feigenbaum and Baraki review the latest research on protein, kidney disease, osteoporosis, kidney stones, and liver function
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Barbell Medicine Podcast where we bring modern medicine to strengthen conditioning |
| 0:07.6 | and strengthen conditioning to modern medicine. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm your host, Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum, and this is episode 248. |
| 0:13.1 | We're talking about high protein diets. |
| 0:16.2 | Dietary protein is required for the maintenance of all human body processes, providing the |
| 0:20.5 | building blocks to support life. |
| 0:22.2 | In humans, 20 distinct amino acids function as the raw materials for protein synthesis. |
| 0:26.6 | Nine of these amino acids are essential amino acids, which means they cannot be used |
| 0:29.9 | synthesized by the body and must be acquired from the diet. |
| 0:32.6 | There's been a change in recent years from the idea that high protein diets are only beneficial |
| 0:36.8 | to athletes to understanding that there are broader health advantages to eating more protein. |
| 0:41.4 | The apparent popularity of these diets has increased over the last 20 years, and in 2015, the |
| 0:46.3 | Food and Health Survey reported that 89% of Americans agreed with the statement. |
| 0:50.4 | It is important to get enough protein in the diet, and 81% agreed with the statement. |
| 0:55.0 | Protein can help maintain muscle during aging. |
| 0:57.2 | And finally, 65% agreed with the statement, high protein diets can help with weight loss. |
| 1:02.2 | In this week's podcast, we cover the supposed dark side of high protein diets. |
| 1:06.7 | Does eating a high protein diet increase the risk of kidney disease or kidney stones? |
| 1:11.1 | Does eating more protein lead to loss of bone mass? |
| 1:13.8 | What about the liver? |
| 1:14.8 | Surely all that protein must damage something. |
| 1:16.8 | All that and more on this week's edition of the Barbell Medicine podcast. |
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