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I've been around these fitness models quite a bit and, sadly, many don't work with nutritionists to know what they should truly be eating. Also, many fitness models aren't what I would consider a professional athlete. Like this lady, many are simply regular people with jobs who do this on their spare time. I'm unsure if her condition was something that could have been prevented anyway. I mean, symptoms of sluggishness and a headache? I'm certain if I was feeling the same way I wouldn't get checked out, I'd probably just rest unless it worsened.
I get a report on my protein level in my urine annually.
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I think for the average gym-rat or even these amateur fitness competitors this wouldn't be something they'd normally test for. That's not part of an annual physical either and a routine blood draw wouldn't have found this. I think this was truly a freak, one out of 100,000 type condition that she had and not newsworthy enough to warrant such a misleading headline.
If this was more common, certainly....publish it with bold letters and red font with exclamation points everywhere.
I think for the average gym-rat or even these amateur fitness competitors this wouldn't be something they'd normally test for. That's not part of an annual physical either and a routine blood draw wouldn't have found this. I think this was truly a freak, one out of 100,000 type condition that she had and not newsworthy enough to warrant such a misleading headline.
If this was more common, certainly....publish it with bold letters and red font with exclamation points everywhere.
Agree that is was freak occurrence with misleading headline.
I probably get that test because of other medical conditions I have, I thought it was normal for physicals.
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I knew it was only a matter of time before this was posted here, complete with a click-bait worthy (but inaccurate) title to inflame the masses. Typical.
As mentioned, this woman didn't "OD" on protein. She had a very rare medical condition that prevented her body from properly processing ingested protein, failed to get herself checked out after the symptoms became apparent, and tragically she lost her life because of it. This is all very sad but as we've seen from the reporting done on this incident, modern media is more concerned with tugging at the proverbial heart strings rather than accurate reporting.
Which proves my point, many people get plenty of protein enough in their diet and don't need protein supplements. I think some are under the impression that more is better. It's a sham the supplement industry thrives on.
It's one thing to use a protein shake to replace a meal, another to drink four protein shakes a day in addition to regular meals. Some of these bodybuilders can get away with it due to their drug use.
Let's ignore the fact that high protein intakes have repeatedly been proven safe (absent preexisting conditions like the one being discussed here) and just point out the fact that the author of the link you shared is using shaky at best science.
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You also have to consider the limitations of the research. Just because a certain amount of protein can prevent negative nitrogen balance does not mean this is an accurate reflection of muscle preservation (let alone an indicator of optimal intake for gain). N-bal is notorious for overestimating muscle protein status. There's even research showing positive N-balance concurrent with LBM loss. Lol, there's research showing a prevention of negative N-balance during endstage starvation as a survival defense response.
I'm sure someone died today drinking too much water as well. We should limit our water intake too because of this one person.
No. But we should definitely enact more regulations on the water industry....
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