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Dangers of a High Protein Diet

Our protein requirements are minimal and a high protein diet, as most Americans consume, can lead to higher risks of disease and other health issues. Studies have shown that as consumption climbs over 5% protein from calories, so do the risks of disease.

Here are a just a few diseases that are associated with high protein, specifically animal protein diets:

Osteoporosis – high animal protein diets have been shown to encourage calcium loss and make bones more brittle and fragile. Plant based diets have show to increase bone strength and avoid osteoporosis.
Cancer – Hundreds of thousands of studies have linked animal food diets to most every cancer known to man. Fat is linked in part since animal based diets are normally also higher in fat as well. Often mentioned is also highly heated foods which not only combine or ‘bond’ the proteins and amino acids and become less usable by the body to synthesize, they are also carcinogenic. The FDA admits that all cooked foods contain carcinogens.
Kidney Problems – Long term consumption of animal foods has shown risks of complete loss of kidney function. The longer term and more consumption of animal foods shows decline in normal kidney function. Kidney stones are one symptom of high animal protein diets.

Studies have shown increased calcium excretion in higher animal food diets. In addition to increasing the risks of osteoporosis, this also increases risk for kidney stones. Researchers in England found that when people added only about 5 ounces of fish (that’s about 34 grams of protein) to a normal diet, the risk of urinary tract stones increased by as much as 250 %.

In addition, so called ‘normal’ amounts of protein (according to accepted societal levels) have shown an amazingly high level of cancer.