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06-14-10, 01:43 PM | |
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Consumer Reports finds harmful contaminants in protein drinks
Recently Consumer Reports tested several commercial and popular protein drinks and powders and found them to contain high levels of the following.
- Arsenic (inorganic) - Cadmium - Lead Here is the link to the Consumer Reports article. http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/m...rink/index.htm I personally am going to switch to organic based whey protein powders. |
06-14-10, 06:40 PM | |
Join Date: May 2009
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Your welcome Juli!
I was pretty bummed when I found out about this issue. I use Jarrow whey protein powder. But my sneaking suspicion is that the contaminants end up in the whey protein powders and drinks due to the equipment and manufacturing process. Which means potentially all commercial whey protein powders could be tainted. Somehow I think organic whey powder may be manufactured in smaller batches and perhaps it might not have the same issues with the contaminants as the more commercial powders do. I also feel hemp might not be affected by this issue due to it is created using a different manufacturing process from whey. I for one love my protein shakes and smoothies. I am going to switch to Jarrow Hemp Protein powder and Source Naturals, Certified Organic, Whey. |
06-14-10, 07:16 PM | ||
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06-14-10, 07:23 PM | |
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I buy the vanilla flavor at Trader Joe's. I like it in smoothies a lot. Can't remember what the price is offhand (10?), but it's cheaper than Nutiva, which is why I switched to it (and by the way, the cheapest place I found Nutiva here was at the local tiny vegan store, and not the bigger whole foods markets. But I don't know if that is still the case.)
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06-14-10, 07:27 PM | |
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I think arsenic is present in most soils....so even organic foods have arsenic. Kind of like seeds have cyanide, no matter how you raise them. The lead and mercury is kind of odd though, I know combustion processes can release these compounds.
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06-14-10, 08:49 PM | ||
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I've seen Nutiva in stores (the smoothie mixes) for much more than it costs to buy directly from the company (with free shipping for orders over $30---at least last time I ordered, which was a while ago).
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