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Is a high protein diet bad for you? Fact-checking the anti-protein Backlash
Episode 887
Wednesday, 11 November, 2026
887. Has everyone been protein-pilled? After a few years of protein everything, from bread to taco chips to vodka, the backlash has arrived, complete with warnings that a high-protein diet could harm your heart, your kidneys, and your waistline.Some of the products on grocery store shelves are pretty silly. But many of the warnings about protein don’t hold up either. The truth sits somewhere between the hype and the anti-hype.In this episode, Monica sorts the nutrition facts from the nutrition myths on both sides:Why “90% of Americans already get enough protein” depends on what “enough” means, and who’s includedWho may need more protein than the RDA, including older adults, people recovering from illness or injury, and people losing weight or taking anti-obesity medicationsWhy it can make sense to put a “high protein” label on eggs, and why you should always check the nutrition facts label instead of the front of the packageHow protein became a health halo, and why added protein doesn’t cancel out sugar, sodium, or alcoholWhen a processed, protein-enhanced food is worth using, and why the purpose of the processing mattersThe replacement effect, and why what you eat less of matters as much as what you addWhat the research on heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer really links to, and why it isn’t proteinWhy the warnings about constipation, weight gain, and kidney damage aren’t about protein intake for most peopleHow much protein Americans eat compared with the RDA, the new Dietary Guidelines, and the acceptable rangeReferencesHow Supermarkets Became Protein-Maxxed - The New York Times 5 Health Risks From Consuming Too Much Protein - The New York Times Nutrition science you can trust, in plain English.Have a food or nutrition question for a future episode? Email nutrition@quickanddirtytips.com. Sign up for the Nutrition Diva newsletter at quickanddirtytips.com/newsletters. To book Monica for a live or virtual event, visit WellnessWorksHere.com.New to Nutrition Diva? Check out our special Spotify playlist for a collection of the best episodes curated by our team and Monica herself!Follow Nutrition Diva on Facebook and subscribe to the newsletter for more diet and nutrition tips.Nutrition Diva is a part of the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
