A HIgh Protein Diet and High Intensity Exercise: A Potent Cause of CHronic Metabolic Acidosis and Disturbances in Gut Microflora

Lunch & Learn Sponsored by Moss Nutrition

Certainly one of the most frequent recommendations made by practitioners in the nutritional/functional medicine community for chronically ill patients is increased protein intake and regular exercise. Evidence for the efficacy of this recommendation in terms of both morbidity and mortality is a large volume of studies conducted on athletes and aging regular exercisers. However, a frequent criticism of this recommendation is the risk of diminishing returns at certain levels of protein intake and exercise intensity. This presentation will review a paper that highlights two of the most underappreciated diminishing returns of excesses related to this potent combination: chronic metabolic acidosis and the even more underappreciated and misunderstood profound adverse alterations of gut microflora.

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