Now, before some of you (you know who you are) start loading up your guns and put me in front of the firing squad, please read this first:
Disclaimer: The following is information from an article in the July issue of Consumer Reports. I am offering NO opinion on this matter. In addition, just so you know, I bought a huge bag of EAS Premium Protein powder from Costco, last week, before I saw the article ($30 for 78 servings if you decide to act against the article's recommendations...).
The article to which I am referring is attached below. If you are not able to click on the thumbnails and read the article, please send me a PM with your e-mail address, so I can e-mail it to you.
To summarize, Consumer Reports tested 15 different popular protein drinks and found they contain low to moderate levels of metals; risky if consumed frequently (3 servings daily).
Consumer Reports also stated, "Although protein is needed for bone development, excessive protein intake over the long term might also cause calcium to be excreted from bones, increasing the risk of ostoporosis..."
In closing, please note my lack of Smilies in this post; something I use abundantly in other posts (because I like them). Hopefully, this emphasizes my intention of just providing information, rather than opinions, so that I can avoid being MISUNDERSTOOD.
Thank you.
Elaine
Parents
Former Member
I have seen the inside of these kind of companies and have reviewed the credentials of their operators and 'science' behind their products in their files. Probably over 10 million pages worth and dozens of depositions of company operators.
Mostly, they sell junk filled with hype. They add drugs and toxins seemingly out of spite for their consumers. Their hype is sometimes rational in some esoteric textbook ways, but rarely delivered.
I assure you. If you knew the facts of these companies, you would be shocked, very shocked. They operate virtually free of regulation and inspection (like deep water oil operators). Yes, they advertise pharmaceutical grade and that they are heavily policed, but try getting the support for these claims. Certainly, since 1994, FDA has rarely been inside these companies (they have only after hundreds of civil lawsuits forced FDA to at least do something for political show). It will take months to years and several court orders powerfully resisted by the companies to get relevant company documentation. If you do, you will see that I am understating the problems.
(Muscletech, on the list, is particularly egregious. Its products have harmed many severely. I spent hundreds of hours reviewing this company's files and operators, and have supplied substantial sworn testimony about them in federal, state and government litigation against them.)
All this said, mostly these products are innocuous for most healthy folks (eating and exercising optimally). Problem is...we don't always know if we are healthy. For example, Prez Clinton obviously gets the best health care in the world, but his severe coronary artery disease was not found until near catastrophe several years ago, requiring bypass surgery for several arteries. Involved long ago myself with the study of arteries of Viet Nam soldiers autopsied revealed almost everyone even around 20 years old has some coronary artery disease.
Swimming, however, helps most.
I have seen the inside of these kind of companies and have reviewed the credentials of their operators and 'science' behind their products in their files. Probably over 10 million pages worth and dozens of depositions of company operators.
Mostly, they sell junk filled with hype. They add drugs and toxins seemingly out of spite for their consumers. Their hype is sometimes rational in some esoteric textbook ways, but rarely delivered.
I assure you. If you knew the facts of these companies, you would be shocked, very shocked. They operate virtually free of regulation and inspection (like deep water oil operators). Yes, they advertise pharmaceutical grade and that they are heavily policed, but try getting the support for these claims. Certainly, since 1994, FDA has rarely been inside these companies (they have only after hundreds of civil lawsuits forced FDA to at least do something for political show). It will take months to years and several court orders powerfully resisted by the companies to get relevant company documentation. If you do, you will see that I am understating the problems.
(Muscletech, on the list, is particularly egregious. Its products have harmed many severely. I spent hundreds of hours reviewing this company's files and operators, and have supplied substantial sworn testimony about them in federal, state and government litigation against them.)
All this said, mostly these products are innocuous for most healthy folks (eating and exercising optimally). Problem is...we don't always know if we are healthy. For example, Prez Clinton obviously gets the best health care in the world, but his severe coronary artery disease was not found until near catastrophe several years ago, requiring bypass surgery for several arteries. Involved long ago myself with the study of arteries of Viet Nam soldiers autopsied revealed almost everyone even around 20 years old has some coronary artery disease.
Swimming, however, helps most.
