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Can excess protein become fat?

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There is a misguided theory that eating excessive amounts of protein will help build bigger muscles. ... Can Taking Too Much Protein Powder Make You Gain Weight? ... read more

Excess calories of any nature, regardless of the source, will be stored by the body as fat. Protein in the Body Protein is a vital structural and working substance in all cells of the body, not just muscle cells. read more

Excess protein can become fat. You ask in the details for how it works chemically, so I’ll go into a bit of the biochemistry. Long story short, proteins are broken down into the precursors necessary for our cells to make fat. Proteins are composed of amino acids, and that’s what they are broken into during digestion. read more

"Calories alone contributed to the increase in body fat. In contrast, protein contributed to changes in lean body mass, but not to the increase in body fat." While we can't say for sure the exact composition of the lean mass that was gained, we can assuredly say that the extra protein was not primarily used for fat storage. read more

While we can’t say for sure the exact composition of the lean mass that was gained, we can assuredly say that the extra protein was not primarily used for fat storage. My hunch is that the excess protein that was not used for synthetic purposes was mostly converted to glucose (via gluconeogenesis) and stored subsequently as glycogen with the accompanying water weight. read more

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