 Question is from Lily Boe, 1985. You pretty much always recommend whey protein, but I've heard that it could be damaging to the kidneys. Could you comment on that? Do we recommend whey more than we do non-whey? I feel like we don't, actually. I mean, I talk about whey personally, because I prefer whey, but I mean, Sal probably does more than talking about protein. Yeah, he never mentions whey, because it's, yeah. It's just tummy. Yeah, I can't do dairy, so I do plant protein. I do the Organify Plant Protein. That's the one I use on a regular basis. So it's surprising that this myth still exists about high protein diets, or high protein intake, and kidney damage. Yes, the kidneys filter out protein. They do adapt as you consume more protein, and they're able to filter out protein. Didn't this stem from the adkins blow up the first time? Isn't that what it did? That was part of the pushback, or whatever. Right, weren't people having kidney failure and stuff? No, no, no, no. Oh, they were? No. I thought that's what it was. Maybe kidney stones, which is different, which it hasn't, it isn't... They haven't traced it back to that. No, it's not high protein. That has more to do with the fat content and mineral content of certain people's diets. But no, a high protein diet is perfectly safe for somebody who's got normal functioning kidneys. Now, the reason why this myth exists is because if you have kidney problems, if you have kidney failure, or your kidneys aren't working right, and you go to the doctor, and they figure this out for you, one thing that they might do is reduce your protein intake. And so then people thought, oh, if I have bad kidneys, I have to eat less protein, therefore protein is bad for the kidneys. No, it's because the kidneys filter protein, if they're not functioning well, not a good idea either. You want to give them a break. Yeah, but if you're a normal person, and your kidneys are functioning normally, a high protein diet is perfectly safe for the kidneys. Now, I'm not talking about insane amounts of protein, like some pro bodybuilders will consume where they're doing two, three grams of protein per pound of body weight. I don't think there's any studies to show what that'll do at all, so I can't comment on that. But there's plenty of studies to show that, eating half a gram to one gram to one and a half grams of protein per pound of body weight, which is a lot. So if I'm a 200 pound man, that's 200 grams of protein a day, it's a decent amount of protein, perfectly safe. There should be nothing to worry about. Now, weight protein is an exceptional protein source. Right, gram for gram, it's the best, right? That's where all the communication around this has been. It depends on the way you measure it, egg protein through other measurement standards. Maybe someone can make the argument that it might be better in some cases. Of course it depends on the individual, but the reason why weight protein tends to be so good is because it mixes easily, it's convenient, it's got high levels of branching amino acids, but when your protein intake is high, that doesn't make that big of a difference. I think we talk a lot about protein sources. It matters more if your protein intake is low than if your protein intake is high. So if you're eating one gram of protein per pound of body weight, then the protein sources don't make that big of a difference, if at all. If you're consuming a low protein diet, well then it makes a difference. Then you really wanna have high quality animal proteins or weight protein in your diet, but if you're eating high protein doesn't make a big difference. Now the good vegan proteins that are out there have multiple sources of protein. So if you get just pure hemp protein or pure soy protein, you're not dealing with a protein that's that good of a quality on a gram for gram basis when you compare to animal proteins or weight. But if a company like Organifi did this very well, they took multiple plant sources with complimentary amino acid profiles and put them together. Now you have a blend and you have a very high quality protein powder. And no dairy. It went with no dairy, right? So now if you have dairy issues, you're totally fine, but it's funny how weight protein really became this big staple in the supplement space. It used to be what they threw away. Yeah, well, wasn't that the why? Like it became popular. It was like, what can we do to also repurpose this? Well, not exactly that's like, because the supplement movie gets into it a little bit of like what made it really be a popular is what Sal said is how well it mixed. The stuff they were using before was all clunky. And then when they found out the science proved that it was actually better. So it was better and it mixed better. That's what made it really explode. Yeah, but it was considered the waste from a lot of these farms. They would throw the way away. So it turned out to be pretty awesome for them. Cause before that your protein powders were just milk. I know, imagine being one of the first companies actually to make that pivot and utilize that to sell, like how much that probably changed their business. Oh, game changer. Cause I remember that the cutting edge protein before whey was egg, it was egg white protein. That was the problem with egg white protein. Have you guys ever tried egg white protein? Oh dude, like I remember it just stinking for one. And it just, it's because of the, I don't know if it's the sulfur compound, you know. Yeah, there's a lot of sulfur traces in there. Yeah, that's what I mean. That coming in and out, it's stuck. Yeah, it's not good at all. So whey, much more than normal. Whey crushed it because it was just an easy mixing. Again, other protein sources now are catching up because of technology and how well they put them together or whatever. So now you can get a vegan protein that, Doug is just as good. Doug, did you just pull up? Is that what Organify has in all there? Yeah, it's got pea protein, quinoa, there's pumpkin seed in there. Scroll down a little bit more, please. Coconut. Yeah, I mean, they have a blend. Pea protein, by the way, has got a great amino acid profile for a vegan protein. It's one of the better ones.