No one will become an endurance athlete on these diets, especially a competitive athlete. Muscle and liver glycogen are important sources for energy during exercise because they provide power because they can be broken down to provide energy rapidly. Spend enough time on a low carbohydrate diet and your ability to carry out exercise over a significant period of time will be significantly reduced. These are thought to reduce the risk of a variety of chronic diseases. More protein than your body can use resulting in increased production of ammonia.
Ammonia is converted to urea and excreted as a waste product.
These processes increase the water requirement in order to void the excess nitrogen produced from consum ing large amounts of protein. Therefore, under certain conditions these diets can promote dehydration. The rapid weight loss produced by Protein power could cause gout in susceptible individuals. Because these diets lack sufficient glucose, the body will make glucose from the excess dietary protein. Depending on the individual rate of producing glucose from amino acids, low blood glucose could be a consequence of this diet.