Fitness trend change frequently. Be it a diet trend, a workout routine or a ‘magic’ drink, it not uncommon to find new wellness vogue. But, there is a reason why one should not blindly hop on the bandwagon. Eve Catherine, a US based social media content creator landed in the emergency room of a hospital after she tried to follow a viral diet trend.
She was consuming a diet high on protein that led to development of kidney stones.
The 23-year-old shared in a TikTok video how she was “addicted” to protein. She revealed that her meals included two or three eggs for breakfast, high-protein yogurt for lunch, and a New York strip steak for dinner. Despite her doctor noticing high protein levels in her urine during an annual check-up, she didn’t think much of it—until she suddenly had to be rushed to the hospital. Catherine was on following the viral carnivore diet, as per New York Post.
“I literally woke up one day and I was peeing straight blood,” Eve recalled, explaining that she was given morphine at the hospital and later passed a kidney stone. She attributed her symptoms to excessive protein intake.
According to Mayo Clinic, high protein diets “may worsen how well a kidney works in people with kidney disease,” hindering how the body filters out protein waste products.
