It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways

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kidneys can easily adapt to
accommodate the elimination of
the waste products from protein
metabolism—and that adaptation
is not at all harmful. Second, our
plan isn’t to turn you into a
carnivore. Our recommended
protein portions are just right—
enough to support activity levels,
recovery, and build muscle mass
but not excessive by any means.
Third, even if we did recommend
stuffing your face with meat at
every meal, you probably
wouldn’t be able to. Remember,
dense protein sources (from real
food) are satiating, which means
they’re really hard to overeat.
Processed protein shakes and
other forms of “liquid food,”
however, are another matter.
Bodybuilders use those to gain

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