On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Mahesh Shah wrote:

> Do you have research citations / references to support the "not a problem"
> part?

Nope, I only have the *absence* of evidence that protein
consumption causes kidney disease.

> [Mahesh Shah]  Isn't that what "gout" is? Disease caused by the bodies
> inability to handle a high uric acid load from protein digestion? It may
> not damage the kidneys right away, but the kidneys inability to excrete it
> causes the rest of the body to suffer?

Again, to my knowledge there is no evidence showing that people
who eat more protein are more likely to have gout.  It may be
that people who do have gout cannot tolerate much protein, but
that's another matter.

Todd Moody
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