Is too much protein bad for you?

The market for protein supplements is now mainstream – but many of us already eat twice as much protein as the World Health Organisation recommendsCarbohydrates are causing an obesity epidemic and fats silt up your arteries. But protein? It provides the building blocks for essential stuff such as cells, muscles, bone, nails, hormones and enzymes. The word “protein” comes from the Greek and means first, as in most important. We can’t get enough of it. Bodybuilders take pro