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I joined www.consumerlab.com years ago in order to have testing information on heavy metals and such in products that they test.

Orrin hatch and Tom Harkin's gift to America: disease, suffering and death+ antiscience to boot! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary...

0.36g of protein per pound (of your ideal body weight) perhaps may be enough for bodily functions but it's not enough to gain muscle specially women who are premenopausal.

I saw a lot of jokes after the election that the US has a lead poisoning problem (irritability, difficulty concentrating, mood disorders) and, welp…huh, considering the main protein powder user…huh…

Nitpicking, but your article says 1c of greek yogurt and 3.5oz of chicken is 61g of protein - I only count about 42g. Even if you weigh the 3.5oz after cooking (which isn't as typical) that's only 53g. Not that it negates anything else, but that bit stood out to me.

not only that, but research suggests there's little to no benefit to over-consuming protein unless you're actively restricting calories AND doing intense resistance training (in which case it helps you lose less muscle) but even the experts can't get folks to believe this! the myth is too strong!

It’s an extremely odd idea that anyone above the poverty line would need protein supplements. If you eat a balanced diet, why on earth would you need more protein? What for?

Leafy green maxing just doesn't have the same appeal, I guess.

"The study shows that U.S. dietary guidelines “promote a false equivalence that all proteins are equal, which indeed, they are not,” she writes. " You're probably eating enough protein, but maybe not the right mix share.google/1SRJBEm8CvyK...

Thank you for reporting on this topic. Have you thought about this in terms of waste? Considering the outsized env footprint of US populations, it’s stunning to see how much of this footprint is just waste. Like consuming so much protein just to have it pass through our bodies with no real benefit.

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For people with kidney issues, high protein is also bad.

Of course we get ample protein. This is about capitalism selling us something we don’t need.

Botanicals are much worse than synthetically made vitamins and minerals because they leach it out of the soil. If you are concerned, ensure you are buying from a GMP-certified mfg facility. Theanine is usually synthetic, vitamins and minerals usually are also.

I see from your reporting that whey proteins are generally safer, which is what I use (the Wegmans brand).

This year I'm guessing it will only be the ones that have done something to catch the eye (and ire) of Trump

Should we assume that if a very popular product isn’t included, it has safe levels of lead? Because I’m kinda shocked not to see Premier on this list; it’s available at literally every grocery and drug store within 10 minutes‘ drive from my house, including being one of the few options at Costco

Thank you for the explanation!

HMs also can be naturally occurring and not due to manmade contamination

Yeah, I remembered there were some limits, but with what I see regularly on TV, I couldn't guess what they were.

bah! "Regulation", what's it good for? Oh, keeping people alive? Helping ensure people's health won't be impacted? Ensuring products are safe? Ok then

Why why why whyyy would they put LEAD in there????? Like they ran out of sawdust?? It had to be that thing that poisons you??

Maybe if y'all had considered that they are, and approached this from a risk to those who need them vs people who take them by choice you'd have a better article and test. Did you test Boost or Glucerna? Did you ask doctors, nutritionists, or NPs what they recommend or what facilities serve?

It's it a negligence issue that there's lead? Or is it because lead is delicious?

I use NorCal pea protein. They do independent testing and have their results on the website. It’s not flavored though, so that could be a downside.

Reading “Little Bosses Everywhere” was a profoundly upsetting experience.

I’m sure Ball Sack Face is gonna get right on that after the check from Tylenol clears.

Pea plants absorb lead and other heavy metals from the soil as they grow, which end up in pea protein powder. There are other consumable plants that make great phytoremediators and uptake heavy metals.

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