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Is my protein shake damaging my kidneys?
I am a 21 year old male, a good bit overweight. I have started taking a whey protein shake along with my workouts to help with recovery, but I notice that hours after taking the shake my pee is foamy. I have heard that foamy pee is the result of protein in urine and is tied to kidneys not functioning properly. Whenever I stop taking the shake, my pee is fine. I also notice that this stays the same even if I drink more water (in case the foam was the result of dehydration). If it makes any difference, I am lactose intolerant and the protein shake uses whey isolate.
1 Answer
Interesting observation.
If you drink the protein shake without exercising, does the foamy urine happen?
If you exercise without drinking the protein shake, does the foamy urine happen?
What is exactly in the protein shake? Any coloring agent? Any Pigment?
How much protein is in it? What are they adding to it?
Try different protein?
Try less amount of protein.
Check your urine by urine analysis to see what is happening. get an order for U/A from your doctor so that when foamy urine happens you go to the lab and do U/A.
Could there be an effect from exercise? any blood in urine.
So many questions come up. Best to do U/A when it happens.
In theory the protein shake should not do that, but something is odd here.
Is it too fatty as well?