People who exercise regularly know that in order to get a good figure, in addition to daily training, they also have to eat in a special way.
What to eat then? The most common ones are chicken breast and protein powder. But did you know that someone suffered a lot from eating more than 160 bags of chicken breast…
He ate 160 bags of chicken breasts a month, but he didn’t expect that the more he ate, the weaker he was.
The 30-year-old Mr. Ma (pseudonym) from China is a fitness expert, with strong muscle lines and clear six-pack abs, which makes colleagues envious.
But he is still unsatisfied with his physical condition, pursuing perfection. In order to maintain lower body fat, Mr. Ma follows the advice of fitness enthusiasts and focuses on a high-protein diet.
For this reason, he bid farewell to the canteen and bought a box of finished chicken breasts. Except for breakfast, he relied on chicken breasts to fill his hunger. Within a few days, a box of 20 bags of chicken breasts was swept away, and Mr. Ma hoarded another 10 boxes in one breath.
Daily intake of extremely low carbon water and extremely high protein, I thought I could lose the scale. Who would have thought that less than a month, Mr. Ma always felt weak, and sometimes his waist was sore. It just so happened that the company’s physical examination revealed that his urine routine examination showed 2+ urine protein.
“Usually I am in good health and I have been exercising. How could this happen suddenly?” The dumbfounded Mr. Ma came to the Nephrology Department of the First People’s Hospital of Hangzhou, China.
The chief physician Xie Xiangcheng, after inquiring in detail about the medical history and perfecting various examinations, judged that he was overwhelmed with kidney metabolism due to excessive protein intake, which in turn led to kidney damage.
Drinking protein powder as milk powder for a long time, female white-collar diagnosed chronic kidney disease
In life, similar situations are not uncommon.
Young Chinese female white-collar Miss Li (pseudonym) has the same trouble recently: proteinuria was detected in the recent physical examination, and further examination showed that it was chronic kidney disease.
She usually pays attention to maintenance and health preservation, and she is very confused and comes to the Department of Nephrology, Hangzhou First People’s Hospital.
“I don’t take supplements, as long as the nutrients are enough.” This is Miss Li’s theory of health preservation. After the doctor’s inquiry, she finally said her “operation”: usually only eat vitamins and protein powder, and rinse with warm water every day Make a cup of protein powder or even drink it as milk powder.
As an office worker, it is convenient to carry around, and within a few minutes, she can enjoy a full amount of protein.
Over the long term, this has become Miss Li’s habit. She thought it was “health preservation”, but she did not expect that years of high-protein diet would invisibly increase the burden on the kidneys, and eventually “tired” out of kidney disease.
A normal diet can satisfy protein intake, and excessive intake will increase the body’s burden
“A healthy individual is unlikely to suffer from naturally occurring protein deficiency.” According to Xie Xiangcheng, chief physician of the Department of Nephrology, Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, the ingested protein is digested and hydrolyzed into amino acids after being absorbed in the body, and then re-synthesized into the human body. The required protein, and at the same time, the new protein is constantly being metabolized and decomposed, and it is in dynamic balance at all times.
As for what many people are curious about: how much protein should be consumed every day?
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that adults need to consume 0.75 g/kg of protein per day.
In other words, for an adult man weighing 120 kg, the recommended amount of protein per day is about 45 grams (60 kg × 0.75 g/kg).
In fact, 2 taels of almonds contain 22.5 grams of protein, plus the vegetables and staple foods we usually eat contain protein.
Therefore, the general population can meet their daily needs through daily diet without additional supplements; while the fitness population should ensure that the liver and kidney functions are normal and follow professional guidance.
Studies have shown that long-term excessive intake of protein may affect the function of organs such as the kidneys. After protein is absorbed and utilized in the body, some harmful nitrogenous wastes such as urea nitrogen will be produced, which need to be metabolized by the kidneys.
If you consume too much, it will inevitably lead to an increase in the burden on the kidneys, and due to too little carbohydrate intake, the body’s energy metabolism pathway will also change. The energy is mainly supplied by protein, but the process of converting protein into energy is far from carbohydrates. Directly, if things go on like this, it will inevitably have an adverse effect on the human body.
Doctor’s reminder: Fitness is not wrong, chicken breast and protein powder are also not wrong, provided that the “degree” must be grasped.
Notice! The following people should be cautious about eating protein powder
- People who have kidney and liver diseases should not take protein powder without authorization, which will increase the metabolic burden of liver and kidney.
- People with weak gastrointestinal function cannot absorb the nutrients in protein powder, but it will increase the burden of gastrointestinal function and directly affect gastrointestinal health.
- It is strictly forbidden to take protein powder in patients with gout. The purine component in protein powder will increase the uric acid in the patient and aggravate the symptoms of gout. Source