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Prior to becoming vegetarian, I remember reading a book meant to be paired with Bowflex, but it could be really applied to any general weight training program. He apparently was a body builder while going to school and thought he had to take lots of protein powder. One of his professors challenged him to measure the protein in his urine, IIRC. He was surprised that he was basically pissing lots of money away. The author obviously had a pragmatic counter to all the protein hysteria that was prevalent even back then.
Also, as you point out - the kidney stone risk.
Oh, and the Atkins thing, LOL. I remember that, too. I've often wondered if the manner of his death resulted in not hearing much about it for a while, and then, what seemed like an Atkins remix - the Paleo diet started to become the next fad.
I cannot tell you how many people I knew on the "paleo" diet were gobbling bacon like no one's business, telling me it was way "healthier" than eating "rabbit food". Never mind that even according to the supposed diet, bacon is not on the list, LOL. I saw the same thing on Atkins, though I think bacon was on the list of things that were okay to eat. Honestly, I just think some people want a permission structure to eat food that is so very obviously horrible for you. I mean, bacon? Healthy? It doesn't even pass the laugh test.
I guess the thing about these fad diets is this, and of course it's anecdotal, but I cannot name one single person that has been on one of these things for decades. Paleo, keto, Atkins, carnivore (lol), etc...I don't know anyone that did it for more than 6 months to maybe a year. There are peopleI know personally that have been vegans or vegetarians for decades. Large studies can be done on groups like Seventh Day Adventists, large populations in India, etc...I don't know of any such thing for these fads...
Reminding me of my ex that lost 20 pounds eating lettuce wrapped bacon cheeseburgers from Wendy's and sugar free candy then gained 50 pounds on the rebound.