Diet and Exercise Myth #6: Eating protein is bad for your kidneys

There’s plenty of talk out there about how a high protein diet is bad for your health, and how it will destroy your kidneys or that it’s bad for your bones.

But those are all myths.

Anything up to 2 grams of protein per kilo of body weight per day is fine, and the vast majority of studies show that for healthy individuals, eating up to 3 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight will cause no problems at all.

Now I’m not suggesting you should eat that much protein, mainly because it would be a waste of your money.  Of all the studies that have been conducted looking into protein consumption, there really aren’t any that show you would get any benefit from consuming more than 2.2 g/kg (or 1g / lb).

But this idea that a high protein diet is bad for your kidneys is bogus.

Getting enough protein is one of the most important things you can do for yourself when you’re on a mission to lose body fat and gain lean muscle mass.