On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Amadeus Schmidt wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Sep 1998 07:30:20 -0400, Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >Excess stress? Do you not believe in keeping muscles, which the kidneys
> >are, exercised? Or is it better to let them atrophy?
> >
> Concerning my kindeys I
>  try to exercise them not tooo much since
> i think they were not designed for this kind of exercicse, from my
> anchestors' fruitarian times.

Amadeus, I think Don's point is simply that there is no clinical
evidence that a high-protein diet has a negative effect on the
kidneys unless a kidney disease already exists.  There is some
clinical evidence that a high-protein diet improves kidney
function.

Todd Moody
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