The Top Sign That You’re Consuming Too Much Protein
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now this is an important video to make sure you’re not consuming too much protein so i want to tell you the top sign to know that you’re consuming too much protein and the number one symptom is gastrointestinal malaise now what is this gastrointestinal malaise well it’s a general discomfort an uneasiness in your digestive system like you just feel something’s not right number two dysphoria there’s some alteration in how you feel dysphoria is a state of generalized unhappiness restlessness dissatisfaction or just frustration you just don’t feel very good and then we get number three lethargy this is lack of energy sluggishness and just a lack of enthusiasm and number four weakness so all four of these symptoms can indicate that you’re consuming too much protein now on a ketogenic diet you should never go past 30% of all your calories being protein in fact i recommend keeping your protein calories roughly about 20% because what’s going to happen is you might start getting increased bun blood urea nitrogen and so you’re going to get a lot of protein waste and you may see your urine being a bit foamy and having a very um kind of a weird odor but here’s the thing the skeletal muscle protein synthesis which is your dietary protein turning into muscle protein and repair occurs when you’re consuming protein you know up to about 25 grams per meal but as you start to go over this number you get less and less protein synthesis and you’re going to get more and more oxidation where that protein is going to be burned as fuel because it’s going to turn into sugar so if you were to double that number let’s say you’re consuming 50 grams of protein per meal half of that protein is not going to be used for synthesis the creation of new muscle or the repair of muscle it’s going to be used as oxidation or fuel now what’s this going to do to your keto plan it’s going to reduce your keto adaptation it’s going to increase your blood sugars it’s going to increase your insulin a little bit not as much as sugar but it’s going to increase it to a modest amount and it’s going to drop your ketone production so going on a keto plan is not doing high protein it’s doing a moderate amount of protein so if you’re enjoying my content which i hope you are and you’re applying this knowledge to your health and you have a success i’d really appreciate you sharing your success story so click the link down below to my website where you can upload your success story so you can help inspire others