Supplement reviews without the hype
Cytosport, the company that makes Muscle Milk also makes a product that’s simply called Whey Isolate. What’s the difference? Well, after I thought about it, there are several actually. I started thinking about this after I accidentally purchased CytoSport Whey Isolate when I was really looking for Muscle Milk. Turns out, this is an easy [...]
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In the July 2010 issue of Consumer Reports, there was a story on protein supplements. Most people only talked about the CR finding that some protein supplements had lead etc. However I wanted to comment on another part of their review: do protein supplements cause osteoporosis? So let’s talk about it for a bit. Click [...]
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The July 2010 issue of Consumer Reports made headlines by announcing that Muscle Milk and EAS Myoplex protein supplements contained high levels of arsenic, lead and cadmium. Consumer Reports (CR) hired an independent laboratory to test 15 brands of protein supplements. The “Big 3” that were highlighted as the worst offenders were: Muscle Milk chocolate [...]
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Have you heard of Pea Protein Supplements? I didn’t until I was walking through the health food store recently and came across the product. There was an informational flier next to the product so I picked it up and started reading about why pea protein might good for us. Basically the flier talked about how [...]
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