There are many health dangers associated with eating high protein diets (Atkins, South Beach, etc.) Consider, for instance, this quotation from Jos-hua Medicine Man at HPS-Online.com: "I think the Atkins diet is a tragedy....While the short-term immediate results might seem encouraging, they forgot to tell everyone what the consequences will be years from now with all that meat and animal protein putrifying in their gut and colon, the results being of course acidosis....People on an Atkins diet...are setting themselves up for some serious health issues in the future. Dr. Atkins forgot to tell them that....In just a few years time they will experience the consequences...." which Jos-hua then illustrates with *graphic* photos: http://www.hps-online.com/colon/constipation.htm More specific details about the acidifying dangers associated with high protein diets will be added into this forum in the weeks to come. In the meantime, I invite you to review the following resources to learn more: Atkins Diet Alert: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine http://www.atkinsdietalert.org Dangers of Too Much Protein http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/vsk/VSK4.html Protein Prognosis: Popular Diets Called Into Question, Health Dangers Cited by the American Heart Association http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/proteindiet011008.html The Atkins Cancer Revolution http://www.drfuhrman.com/AtkinsRev.html 12 Reasons to Avoid the South Beach Diet http://www.mercola.com/2004/jun/9/south_beach.htm

Here's more info about the dangers of high protein, from Dr. Young: http://thephmiracle.us/cgi-bin/in1.pl?inview=23&id=95