zuuum wrote:

> For what it's worth, excessively high-protein diets wear your kidneys out
> prematurely. Carbohydrates are the base of the nutritional pyramid. All
> foods are converted... unless they get stored as fat. Even excess protein
> calories will be stored as fat.

Nonsense.

Many athletes take protein supplements, & we don't see renal dialysis wards
full of athletes/weight lifters.

gtoomey