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DEADLY DIET Stunning bodybuilder, 25, dies after her body fails to break down strict diet ...
www.thesun.co.uk ^ | Updated: 16th August 2017, 2:30 pm | By Andrea Downey, Digital Health Reporter

Posted on 12/12/2017 2:30:36 PM PST by Red Badger

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What is urea cycle disorder?

Urea cycle disorder is a genetic disorder that prevents the body from removing ammonia from the blood stream.

Ammonia is a toxic substance that causes irreversible brain damage or death when it reaches the brain.

Metabolic stressors, including high protein intake, excessive exercising and dieting, can create excessive ammonia in the body.

The disorder is caused by a mutation of one of the six enzymes responsible for the urea cycle.

These enzymes are responsible for removing ammonia from the blood stream.

The urea cycle involves a series of biochemical steps in which nitrogen, a waste product of protein breakdown in the body, is removed from the blood and converted to a compound called urea.

Normally, the urea is transferred into the urine and removed from the body.

In urea cycle disorders, the nitrogen accumulates in the form of ammonia, a highly toxic substance, resulting in elevated blood ammonia.

1 posted on 12/12/2017 2:30:36 PM PST by Red Badger
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With that disease, how did she survive until 25?


2 posted on 12/12/2017 2:33:27 PM PST by PGR88
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May have been eating a more balanced diet that counteracted the disorder.

She, along with many other body builders, eat practically a pure protein diet, which is dangerous, even for those who don’t have the disorder!..............


3 posted on 12/12/2017 2:36:34 PM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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“Meegan’s death certificate lists “intake of bodybuilding supplements” “

IOW, a needle was used and she was stacking 10 different varieties of bull test, HGH, etc.


4 posted on 12/12/2017 2:37:53 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America...Treat them accordingly.)
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You can survive if your eat a normal diet. She put herself on an extreme protein-rich diet to lose bodyfat in preparation for the bodybuilding competition, and her body couldn’t cope.


5 posted on 12/12/2017 2:38:09 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: Red Badger

she should have dined with Trump occasionally.


6 posted on 12/12/2017 2:38:31 PM PST by Pollard (TRUMP 2020)
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How many grams of protean was she taking in daily? The max should be no more than 60grams in any form.


7 posted on 12/12/2017 2:39:25 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: Electric Graffiti

I’ve known a few bodybuilders.

It’s an addiction, maybe just as bad as heroin...................


8 posted on 12/12/2017 2:40:31 PM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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Next time someone tells me they were bedridden with double ammonia I’ll take them seriously.


9 posted on 12/12/2017 2:41:48 PM PST by stormhill
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Probably 100 times that. Bodybuilders get fanatic about protein intake....................


10 posted on 12/12/2017 2:42:50 PM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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What disease? She poisoned her self. Did you even READ it?


11 posted on 12/12/2017 2:43:58 PM PST by TalonDJ
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To: Red Badger

I prefer my protein from a nice juicy rare steak.


12 posted on 12/12/2017 2:45:25 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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Just ran a calculation and basically for non-heavy exercising, as in normal activity, 60grams is about right. Any more than that the kidneys have to work harder, etc etc.


13 posted on 12/12/2017 2:46:52 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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>How many grams of protean was she taking in daily? The max should be no more than 60grams in any form.

I consume 132-162 grams of protein daily. I think you mean the max should be 60grams from protein powder. The problem with protein powder is without fat protein in hard on the kidneys.


14 posted on 12/12/2017 2:47:54 PM PST by JohnyBoy (The GOP Senate is intentionally trying to lose the majority.)
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To: Electric Graffiti

If that’s a pic of her, no way she was juicing, that’s just a normal “fitness” model body, and not a great one at that.i don’t believe there are any big sanctioned female “bodybuilder” contests anymore , because of the steroid abuse, it was totally out of control, and people didn’t want to look at it any longer.


15 posted on 12/12/2017 2:51:04 PM PST by crosdaddy
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You know the old joke... The unhealthiest people at a bodybuilding contest are the ones up on stage.


16 posted on 12/12/2017 3:02:23 PM PST by Wolfie
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With my job I do use a protein powder but from whey and no more than thirty grams of it. The rest comes from natural stuff. It’s hard to eat healthy with airline food so I just get the fruit and cheese platter on flights.


17 posted on 12/12/2017 3:05:14 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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She was probably eating her weight in grams of protein a day. Say she weighted 115, that's 115g of protein. Kryptonite for her.
18 posted on 12/12/2017 3:05:28 PM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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What disease? She poisoned her self. Did you even READ it?

Interjecting here, but did YOU read it? The article says she has urea cycle disorder.
"Meegan, from Mandurah in Western Australia, had a genetic disorder that stopped her body breaking down the protein she was eating."

"Urea cycle disorder, which affects one in 8,000 people, caused a build-up of ammonia in her blood and fluid on her brain, reports Perth Now."

19 posted on 12/12/2017 3:12:43 PM PST by FreedomOfExpression
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Ms White said: “I couldn’t believe what the doctors were telling me, she was dying. “I said, ‘You have to give her more time’,

like it was up to the Doctor...

20 posted on 12/12/2017 3:13:04 PM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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