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With chronic kidney disease (CKD), eating more protein than your kidneys can handle can raise waste products in your blood and strain kidney function. If you are not on dialysis, a low protein diet is ...

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Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Boys tend to use protein supplements mainly for muscle ...