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.)

  • bcovertigo@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    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.

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      3 days ago

      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)

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        3 days ago

        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

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          2 days ago

          …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

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            2 days ago

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

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      3 days ago

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

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