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Nutrition & Supplementation / Protein powder
« on: August 30, 2010, 02:48:00 pm »
I have been meaning to post on this issue for quite some time. In researching for the best protein powder, I get the answer as whey protein. Most commonly liked brands I found are ON, true protein, syntrax etc. The whey protein powder I use is by CEL. The only reason I bought this one was because it was the cheapest I could find. To my surprise it tastes great. Yesterday I checked for artificial sweetner content in it and I found that it contains sucralose (aka splenda). This is what I found about sucralose:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K3s8scj9Ww
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn7EMipoDfY
This was ok. What was shocking to me was that each of these protein powders actually have trace amounts of heavy metals such as lead and mercury!! Link:
Customer Image Gallery for 100% Whey Protein - Gold Standard
I personally am scared to see this. Sure these are trace amounts but we take em everyday. I take about 50 grams of it every day and I'm sure that there are many that are taking more than that everyday. I want to hear what people on this forum think about this issue. In order to limit potential problems associated with protein powder, I use hemp protein 2/3 and whey protein 1/3. I'd take hemp protein alone for my protein needs but it runs expensive. Anybody know of a whey brand that is devoid of issues such as artificial sweetners and heavy metal toxins?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K3s8scj9Ww
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn7EMipoDfY
This was ok. What was shocking to me was that each of these protein powders actually have trace amounts of heavy metals such as lead and mercury!! Link:
Customer Image Gallery for 100% Whey Protein - Gold Standard
I personally am scared to see this. Sure these are trace amounts but we take em everyday. I take about 50 grams of it every day and I'm sure that there are many that are taking more than that everyday. I want to hear what people on this forum think about this issue. In order to limit potential problems associated with protein powder, I use hemp protein 2/3 and whey protein 1/3. I'd take hemp protein alone for my protein needs but it runs expensive. Anybody know of a whey brand that is devoid of issues such as artificial sweetners and heavy metal toxins?