Does a low methionine diet really help?
Dr David Goldfarb answers: Protein ingestion leads to more urinary acid to excrete. Fruits and vegetables lead to alkalization. This may be a more important reason to restrict protein intake than limiting methionine intake. I agree that the benefit of diet in the long run is not well studied, in children or adults and that protein intake could be overcome by more water drinking and effective alkalization. But I’ve noted that some of you out there claim to have benefited from a more vegetarian diet and I would bet that the effect on urine pH is more important than the effect on cystine excretion.
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