I know the amonia smell I have when I sweat during my workouts is from high protein and low carbs. No matter what I do nothing seems to elimnate it. I was told by my surgeon based on my age and work out I am suppose to be getting 120grams of prtein a day something I rarely make it much above 80 - 90 a day but now I am wondering after reading over the years that everyone else's goals for protein are a lot lower. Could I be taking in too much protein and that is why I sweat amonia? Second is this harmfull?

When the body smells like ammonia the first concern is liver function. I would talk with your doctor about it and see if he will run labs on you.

Do we need more protein the older we get?

I was always told the ammonia is from the exces ketones and it only happens with work outs the rest of the time I smell normal LOL. I know they are always taking about how seniors needs for protein but I think that is mostly because because they tend to eat less. I do exercise more then the norm I power walk 2 1/2 hours with hills a day 5 days a week and a thrity minute walk every night but I was doing the same regeimn for years prior to surgery.

I went to a support group meeting at a hospital last night. It's not the same place I had my surgery. The NUT running the group has done bariatic-specific support for 25 years and she said that eating more protein is not necessarily better. It depends on your gender (male vs. female) and size (height, not weight)....In any case, she says the trend right now is for doctors to tell us to eat more protein, but in her experience, eating protein with every meal is important but not hitting high numbers like what you describe.

I was told 60-120 g daily. To me that is a large range I get about 60-80 g. Being in ketosis for a long time is very hard on your kidneys and liver as they are the filter for your body. I would try to find a protein level where you are out of ketosis but still able to drop the lbs.

Thanks guys.

You can go into ketosis by burning off fat. This fat makes the blood more acidic which in turns places stress on our kidneys... thus we get the unquenchable thirst. Adding in a tad bit more carbs can through ketosis off.