Protein Powders contain hazardous ingredients

[sakbar]

A colleague mentioned this morning about a recent survey, results of which are published by Consumer Reports here

I was surprised to see ON-Gold Whey in the list too, breakup of which is given here

Did anybody validate at all?

 

[CaptainNapalm]

Won't stop me from having my shakes. Looking at the numbers they seem negligable really. The ones in bold are so minimally over the recommended limit that I would be more concerned of getting sick from inhaling gas fumes at a gas station than consuming those shakes. Even if you buy food these days, for example the lovely picture of salmon which they offer as a "healthier" alternative would probably test for negative compounds just like shakes. Mercury level would be even higher for most brands I would assume. In today's day and age I think everything is contaminated to some degree. Good read though.

 

[PushAndPull]

I was surprised to see ON-Gold Whey in the list too, breakup of which is given here

It's a good read, but did you read it? ON-Gold Whey is on the list because that was one of the protein powders tested in the study. Looking at the results I would say ON-Gold Whey would be very safe to take, even at the ridiculous three servings a day which they pretend the average person is consuming.

 

[camarosuper6]

3 servings a day is usually my pre-breakfast shake.

 

[PushAndPull]

3 servings a day is usually my pre-breakfast shake.

That's because you're so huge.

 

[camarosuper6]

Not really.... but 2x my bw is around 500 grams of protein a day. So I have to accept my fate and start consuming.

 

[juggernaut]

so youre doing full bodyweight and not lean mass which would then be 300g a day...wake up.

 

[PushAndPull]

so youre doing full bodyweight and not lean mass which would then be 300g a day...wake up.

Why would you consume 2x your lean mass instead of 1 gram per pound anyways? Gear?

 

[juggernaut]

Why would you consume 2x your lean mass instead of 1 gram per pound anyways? Gear?

I'm using gear and I do 2g per lbm, but I'm also doing PSMF. The guy above thinks he's doing himself a favor by wasting his money.