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What are the health risks with "lean muscle" and "getting there"?
by colordrops 1y ago
What are the health risks with "lean muscle" and "getting there"?
- d4mi3n 1y agoOne example off the top of my head: eating lots of protein to build muscle can be hard on the liver. Exercising a lot is generally healthy, but high impact exercises (running comes to mind) can cause your joints to wear out a lot faster. This is all also assuming an average, healthy person with no existing medical conditions. Things get trickier if you have exertional asthma, any kind of condition that can cause fatigue, etc.
- TimorousBestie 1y agoOverconsuming protein can lead to kidney stones and liver problems. Particularly when mixed with poor hydration. Exercise-related rhabdomyolosis (muscles break down => myoglobin overwhelms kidneys) is very bad. Some powerlifting regimens are possibly related to heart damage, the causality isn’t 100% clear to me.