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Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports (www.consumerreports.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/health@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/53452632

This is a long and very thorough article. If you're using any particular brand of protein supplements, it might be worth searching the text for the name to catch all the relevant discussion (the measurements, whether the company is responding, etc.)

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[–] BCOVertigo@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's been a long time since I read outputs from independent labs assessing supplement product purity but I was pointed towards this around a month ago:

I'm not sure who are the most trustworthy labs at this point though and maybe there's a nutritionist or someone who can give more than my peanut gallery advice.

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is even more confusing, because some of the brands and products on that clean list are explicitly mentioned in the article to have dangerous levels of heavy metals (Optimum Nutrition, Garden of Life)

[–] classic@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It might have to do with protein source. E.g. Garden of Life on the CR list is the plant based one, whereas on this clean list, it's the protein one.

Plant based protein sources were generally found to have more lead

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

...no? Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% whey is on the clean list but is still at 56% of CR's limit. That's not "non detect".

I'm particularly worried about that brand because it's typically highly regarded

[–] wrexer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

yeah, same. I use optimum and I have more than one a day which CR says isn't safe

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yay, I see my tub there. Hope it's trustworthy.

Edit: mine's actually different flavour. I do hope it's lead free.