High or excessive protein diets have been around for a very long time. Only God knows when they started. The term High protein really does not say much.  High protein as compared to what?  First I should add that I consider a high protein diet to consist of more than 2 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass per day.   On a typical diet this would leave the protein consumption at about 60-70 percent of the days caloric intake.  Now the average Joe or Wendy or Bill will only require about .5 grams of protein per pound per day so you might want to ask yourself. Self, Where does all the rest of the protein go? That is a very good question. Your body is generally capable of assimilating around 30 grams or protein at one time. this means that eating 60 grams in one meal will only make 30 grams of protein convert and store as...You guessed it...FAT. You will lose some fat initially on a high protein diet but it is very short-lived. I do not recommend going over 1.25 grams of protein per pound unless you are engaged in extremely aggressive training of some sort.  Some people seem to think that massive amounts of protein will make them bigger and stronger.  Protein is needed by the body but too much protein is just wasted and taxes the digestion and storage systems in the body.  This extra protein simply converts and stores as fat in those ever so noticable areas that we are tired of looking at anyway.  I will not add any high protein diet to this page since there seems to be no real benefit to the average fitness nut.  The point here is that the term "high Protein" is meaningless and leaves you nothing to go on.  Use numbers or percentages and be more specific and your chances of success will be much improved.