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I think the post you’re responding to is referring to well established results such as that there is no metabolic pathway to convert dietary protein to adipose
by User23 8y ago
I think the post you’re responding to is referring to well established results such as that there is no metabolic pathway to convert dietary protein to adipose tissue. While some dietary protein is glycolysized, that pathway only satisfies immediate energy needs. Excess dietary protein that isn’t used on lean tissue is eliminated by the kidneys.
- zaptheimpaler 8y agoThats interesting.. so does that mean eating a lot of protein cannot make you gain fat? It would just be a tax on your kidneys instead?
- indecisive_user 8y agoWell in practice it would be very tough to over eat on protein alone. Assuming a 2000 calorie diet you'd need to eat over 500g of protein which is roughly 4lbs of chicken breast or 5lbs of tuna. But at that point it would also be quite harmful to the kidneys
- User23 8y agoUnless you’re Dwayne Johnson. Seriously though if you don’t have kidney disease then you really don’t have to worry about protein consumption.