The Claim
In healthy obese adults, a 24-month low-carbohydrate high-protein diet has no effect on urinary albumin excretion compared to a low-fat diet.
What the research says
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Over 24 months, a low-carbohydrate high-protein diet does not change the amount of albumin in the urine of healthy obese adults compared to a low-fat diet.
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In healthy obese adults, a low-carbohydrate high-protein diet for 24 months does not alter urinary albumin excretion compared to a low-fat diet, suggesting that increased protein intake does not induce glomerular damage or proteinuria in this population over this duration.
Eating more protein increases the amount of waste products in the blood, which causes the kidneys to filter blood faster and produce more urine. This higher flow does not damage the filtering units of the kidneys, so no protein leaks into the urine.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Comparative effects of low-carbohydrate high-protein versus low-fat diets on the kidney.
This study found that obese adults who ate a high-protein, low-carb diet for two years didn’t leak more protein in their urine than those on a low-fat diet — meaning their kidneys stayed healthy and didn’t get damaged.
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