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Comment by lemming

Yeah, 3.3g/kg is really high, and I don't see how you could get there without living on shakes. From that examine.com article:

Eating more than 2.6 g/kg (1.18 g/lb) is probably not going to lead to greater muscle gains, but it can minimize fat gains when “bulking” — i.e., when eating above maintenance in order to gain (muscle) weight.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of evidence for the kidney thing as long as you don't dramatically increase protein suddenly: https://examine.com/nutrition/can-eating-too-much-protein-be...

parent lemming 8 years ago

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