国会 may 損失 腎臓s

A high-protein diet prized by many celebrities for helping them stay わずかな／ほっそりした may 害（を与える） the 腎臓s, it 現れるd yesterday.

Up to a third of adults may have a 穏やかな and undetected 腎臓 problem which is 悪化させるd by に引き続いて a diet rich in protein, doctors have 設立する.

Eating a diet which 含む／封じ込めるs large 量s of meat, fish and eggs may overload the 腎臓s, they say.

Their 発見 comes as the Atkins diet grows in 人気, 特に with young women trying to emulate svelte celebrities such as singer Geri Halliwell and Friends 星／主役にする Jennifer Aniston.

充てるs follow a high-protein, low-carbohydrate eating 計画（する）. Most normal balanced diets 含む／封じ込める only about 15 per cent protein.

But Atkins 信奉者s are 許すd to eat 制限のない meat, eggs, fish and 貝類と甲殻類. Carbohydrates such as bread, potatoes and pasta are eaten only in 厳密に small 量s.

Nutritionists have 表明するd 関心 about the long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 影響s of 行方不明の out on roughage 供給（する）d by carbohydrates, 同様に as 恐れるs over cholesterol and 腎臓 機能（する）／行事.

The 最新の 熟考する／考慮する is the first to show a link between eating a high- protein diet and an acceleration in 腎臓 problems.

The findings, published in the Annals of 内部の 薬／医学, follow an 11-year 熟考する／考慮する of 1,624 women 老年の 42 to 68 by doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts.

Some 489 were 設立する to have a 穏やかな 腎臓 insufficiency, meaning those 組織／臓器s failed to work 同様に as they should.

The 人物／姿／数字s 示唆する that a third of the adult 全住民 could 苦しむ minor 腎臓 problems. They may 展示（する） no symptoms.

専門家s 設立する that in women with 穏やかな 腎臓 insufficiency, a 長引かせるd high-protein diet was '意味ありげに associated' with a 拒絶する／低下する in 腎臓 機能（する）／行事.

Women with normal 組織／臓器 機能（する）／行事 were not 影響する／感情d.

Proteins have to be broken 負かす／撃墜する by the 団体／死体 into amino 酸性のs, and waste 製品s filtered out of the bloodstream and excreted.

It is thought that eating too much protein can put a 緊張する on the 団体／死体's ability to を取り引きする waste 製品s, 特に in people who are already 苦しむing a 腎臓 insufficiency.

患者s who develop 厳しい 腎臓 problems may need 透析 and, 結局, an 組織／臓器 移植（する）.

Lead 研究員 Eric Knight said: 'The 可能性のある 影響s of dietary protein 消費 on renal 機能（する）／行事 on persons with 穏やかな renal insufficiency have important public health 関わりあい／含蓄s, given the prevalence of high-protein diets.'

Last night Elizabeth 区, 創立者 of the British 腎臓 患者 協会, said: 'There has been some 関心 about these high protein diets, and it is true that many people may have

'Our advice would be to go to the doctor and get 適切に 査定する／（税金などを）課すd before 乗る，着手するing on one of these diets.'

Sarah Stanner, of the British 栄養 創立／基礎, 追加するd: 'We have been worried for some time by the possible 影響s of high-protein diets.

'Apart from the fact that they 伴う／関わる 除外するing a major food group, there has been 審議 about the 危険s to 腎臓 health, because of the 影響 of eating so much protein.'

Dr Atkins began 明確に表すing his low- carbohydrate, highprotein eating 計画（する） in the 1960s and finally published it more than a １０年間 ago.

Since then, the diet has become a 世界的な 現象. His 調書をとる／予約する, Dr Atkins' New 国会 革命, has sold more than ten million copies, becoming one of the best 販売人s of all time.

The 72-year-old believes highcarbohydrate eating 政権s 増加する the 解放（する） of insulin, which encourages fat deposits.

The knock- on 影響s of eating more protein have been felt by the pasta 産業, which has seen sales 落ちる 予定 to so- called 'macaroni malaise' 原因（となる）d 部分的に／不公平に by a fixation with not eating too many carbohydrates.

While Dr Atkins has made millions from his 調書をとる／予約するs, he says the lion's 株 of his fortune comes from food 補足（する）s marketed at 信奉者s of his diet.

THE ATKINS DIET - a typical daily menu

The diet 禁止（する）s starchy foods, such as bread, pasta, potatoes and rice, for two weeks and then 許すs people to slowly re-introduce them, eating only 20g carbohydrate a day.

Fruit and alcohol is banned for two weeks. It forbids junk food, drinks 含む／封じ込めるing caffeine, cakes and 薄焼きパン／素焼陶器s.

Breakfast
Bacon and eggs, herbal tea, water

Lunch
Large steak and salad. 選択 of cheeses

Dinner
Salmon fillet in cream sauce, steamed vegetables. Yoghurt or cheese

Drinks
Herbal tea, water