Dr. Ronald Roth's Research Library on Cellular Nutrition and Health Disorders
The effects of a very high protein intake on bone loss or kidney functions is definitely a concern and cannot be dismissed. A practitioner who has the resources to do a thorough nutritional analysis can easily demonstrate an increasingly abnormal high phosphorus low calcium ratio taking place even in many seemingly healthy patients after following a prolonged high protein diet. If not compensated for, this can become a significant cause or contributing factor for osteoporosis, arthritis, or even hemorrhaging stroke. Patients following a high-protein diet and were also taking anti-inflammatory medications such as Celebrex, Vioxx, Aspirin, or other NSAIDs, additionally presented with abnormally high sodium low magnesium ratios, risking bone loss, renal, and cardiovascular disease... Full Text