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How much protein is too much?
"Kathryn" wrote in message om... It seems like I eat alot of grams of protein. My average is probably 150grams a day. I weigh 275#. My goal weight is 150#. Is there a point where you can eat too much protein? Sure, if you have renal shutdown. Venger |
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How much protein is too much?
On Wed, 19 May 2004 08:05:13 -0400, "Jenny"
wrote: Excess protein will usually not cause spikes in blood sugar for a Type 2 diabetic though it can for a Type 1, but it will cause a spike in INSULIN. Because a major principle behind the effectiveness of the low carb diet is to control insulin, which is the fat-depositing hormone, eating too much protein can lead to serious stalls. Not trying to lose weight, but can it bring on enough insulin to cause a BG crash? I don't think I"ve had that problem with protein yet, and I've been having breakfasts and sometimes lunches of nothing but protein and butter. Skinny |
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How much protein is too much?
Jenny:
Ok, I understand all that but how much is too much? Using your formula, I came up with something like 230 grams a day. That seems like alot. I was worried about 150-160 grams a day being too much. I feel like I eat alot of protein, though, because I try to keep my carbs below 20-25 net a day. Kathryn "Jenny" wrote in message ... Excess protein will usually not cause spikes in blood sugar for a Type 2 diabetic though it can for a Type 1, but it will cause a spike in INSULIN. Because a major principle behind the effectiveness of the low carb diet is to control insulin, which is the fat-depositing hormone, eating too much protein can lead to serious stalls. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.4. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm "Chad C." wrote in message ... "DJ Delorie" wrote in message ... "Kathryn Nye" writes: I understand the RDA numbers and also, like you, realize we don't put too much in them. What I wonder is, what is the point that I eat too much protein and it turns into glucose (I think that is what it does) and is bad? If you're LCing, your body will always convert at least some of the protein to glucose. You really can't avoid this without eating more carbs. But will it cause spikes of blood glucose in diabetics? -Chad |
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How much protein is too much?
Kathryn,
230 grams sounds very high. Did you check your math? -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.4. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm "Kathryn" wrote in message om... Jenny: Ok, I understand all that but how much is too much? Using your formula, I came up with something like 230 grams a day. That seems like alot. I was worried about 150-160 grams a day being too much. I feel like I eat alot of protein, though, because I try to keep my carbs below 20-25 net a day. Kathryn "Jenny" wrote in message ... Excess protein will usually not cause spikes in blood sugar for a Type 2 diabetic though it can for a Type 1, but it will cause a spike in INSULIN. Because a major principle behind the effectiveness of the low carb diet is to control insulin, which is the fat-depositing hormone, eating too much protein can lead to serious stalls. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.4. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm "Chad C." wrote in message ... "DJ Delorie" wrote in message ... "Kathryn Nye" writes: I understand the RDA numbers and also, like you, realize we don't put too much in them. What I wonder is, what is the point that I eat too much protein and it turns into glucose (I think that is what it does) and is bad? If you're LCing, your body will always convert at least some of the protein to glucose. You really can't avoid this without eating more carbs. But will it cause spikes of blood glucose in diabetics? -Chad |
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How much protein is too much?
On Thu, 20 May 2004 18:12:00 GMT, Howard wrote:
"Chad C." wrote: But will it cause spikes of blood glucose in diabetics? If you are very insulin resistant, it could. Especially if you have been diabetic long enough to experience delayed stomach emptying. Per Bernstein: One-hour postprandial bg reading is from carbohydrate, two-hour reading is from protein (unless you have delayed stomach emptying). Nice rule of thumb -- but what about people who have lost Phase I insulin reaction? Ie the insulin is late in kicking in, so the BG goes way up at a 15 minute or half hour, then slowly declines. Skinny |
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How much protein is too much?
On 18 May 2004 06:46:30 -0700, (Kathryn) wrote:
It seems like I eat alot of grams of protein. My average is probably 150grams a day. I weigh 275#. My goal weight is 150#. Is there a point where you can eat too much protein? Yes but you will never get three. name the last person you know died of "protein overconsumption". http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960222.html Lift well, Eat less, Walk fast, Live long. |
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How much protein is too much?
On Sat, 22 May 2004 01:12:13 -0400, Mosaic M_uns
wrote: On 18 May 2004 06:46:30 -0700, (Kathryn) wrote: It seems like I eat alot of grams of protein. My average is probably 150grams a day. I weigh 275#. My goal weight is 150#. Is there a point where you can eat too much protein? Yes but you will never get three. name the last person you know died of "protein overconsumption". Well, I don't want to feel wierd either. Now that I'm using protein powder, I get my full day's ration (60 grams as I weigh 130) in morning hot chocolate. Then during the day I drink a lot of yogurt and often have tofu or eggs. While I was having 20 grams protein powder (wpi) in the mornings and then eggs etc for lunch and dinner, I was doing fine. Since I increased the protein powder to about 60g, some worldly stress things have begun, so I'm not sure what is causign the effects. But I'm feeling kind of crashed and wierd, tho functioning quite well and BG is 95-107 or so whenever I check. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960222.html Hm? That's a page about astronomy and moon photos. Lift well, Eat less, Walk fast, Live long. And lose? :-) Cheers, Skinny |
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