Here's the thing, excess protein also is considered a risk for kidney problems, gout and digestive distress. Yet are those risk factors significant in the strength training demographic? Clearly those who strength train have a greater need for protein than those that don't, so it is about how much and in Georgie Fear's opinion and based on current research and her clinical experience, protein excess does not cause any detrimental health outcomes. Any excess protein not used as protein is broken down and utilised as a source of glucose energy and will cause an insulin rise......in a healthy person, that is not a detrimental health issue, it's perfectly normal. It is in fact, healthy. Protein in and of itself causes an insulin response, some more than others. Milk protein, for one. However, if indulging in a heavy protein meal post training is that an issue? So you eat 200g of protein for an 'ideal', for you and occasionally munch out on a massive steak and double your protein intake......will that be advantageous for strength gain and recovery? Or will it lead to health issues down the road? Or expose you to a greater risk of ill health? We have to make that call, somehow, by relying on expert view, the experience of others and our own health status and risk aversion. If I get a kidney stone next week I'll need to swap my steak and eat my hat!