Just came across an interesting new paper, on sports supplements, which pretty much verifies past research.
Tldr, most sports supplements are garbage.
Let's start with what is imo the most mind blowing finding:
Twenty-three of 57 products (40%) did not contain a detectable amount of the labeled ingredient.
Lmao, what the fuck. You literally had one fucking job 🤣😂
Six of 57 products (11%) contained a quantity of the ingredient within 10% of the labeled quantity.
Yeah still not good. So far, one in two products found to be junk when it comes to their main ingredient.
Seven of 57 products (12%) were found to contain at least 1 FDA-prohibited ingredient
Hahahaha. Yeah, that doesn't sound good.
1 product contained 4 different prohibited ingredients
Sounds like a great cancer supplement to me. 🎉
Eighty-nine percent of dietary supplement labels did not accurately declare the ingredients found in the products, and 12% of products contained FDA-prohibited ingredients
At the end of the day, almost all lied on way or the other on their label.
But but but the FDA. But but regulations. Meh. This is directly from the FDA's mouth
Does FDA routinely analyze the content of dietary supplements?
No. FDA has limited resources to analyze the composition of food products, including dietary supplements, and, therefore, focuses its resources first on public health emergencies and products that may have caused injury or illness. FDA does not test dietary supplements before they are sold to consumers. Consumers may contact the dietary supplement manufacturer or a commercial laboratory for an analysis of a product’s content. source
To be fair, there's so much junk out there it is impossible for any health agency to keep an eye on everything.
Here's the full paper in case you fancy a read
So yeah, something to keep in mind if you use supplements in your diet, even if they are "100 % natural" or whatever.
As I aforementioned, this is just one of the many papers showcasing the supplement bussiness is largely junk and sketchy as fuck. Even the most innocent stuff like vitamins and protein powders have often be found to be contaminated with toxic elements, heavy metals and shit like that.
Not even prenatal vitamins where you would expect some extra caution seem to be safe. 😶
Ideally you want to just eat clean and avoid that shit or do some research before showing your trust to a specific brand. And definitely stay away from crap that is only available online!
From your link:
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Nice right? Might explain the crazy behavior of many Americans, they literally have lead everywhere 😶😂
Most of the craziest Americans don't go for prenatal care. Although--there's still the air and water😁
Yeah, that's what I was mostly referring to. I remember some papers, they have lead everywhere 😂
FYI:
Lead risk exposure map, U.S., by VOX in 2016
https://www.vox.com/a/lead-exposure-risk-map
Also, interesting news for hunters (feel sorry for their kids, but not necessarily them):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6675757/
Ahhhh
Should be part of 1000 ways to die😂😂😂
WAY #456
A Dash of Supplements
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They push garbage and make billions. It’s a sick corrupt market! We just need real food and we good! No more garbage fake ass supplements/food…
Yeah, people often this or that for cancer, heart diseases etc etc . If only they knew the junk they consume 😂. That combined with shitty lifestyle.. Recipe for success 😂😂
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Unless it is an item independently verified by a third party lab on an ongoing basis you will never know what's actually in a supplement. Most of them are pure garbage sadly.
Worked for such a lab once upon a time. Let's just say the are ways to deliver the results the client wants, so even that isn't a guarantee. 😢
That’s insane…… companies taking advantage of it, they know the deal.
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creatine and protein is good. the rest is marketing and a waste of money.
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Hmmmm Ice cream so good
So are most sports.
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It’s hilarious that the dollar store sells supplements. How the fuck do people even buy that garbage? Do you trust anything from the dollar store? I sure as fuck don’t lol
Its probably saw dust 😂😂😂
sawdust would actually be an improvement in the ingredients lol god knows what poison is in it
Lol
Did someone say sketchy?
You a bot sir?
you can only eat clean if you grow your own food and don't use toxic shit on it, which is very labor intensive and not practical for 99.9% percent of us. So we're kind of screwed :)
Good
in this garbage most of the sports items?
Most supplements yes, label is one story, reality totally different!
Whey and creatine is what I'm using for over a year. The most common, most researched and safest of them all. It matters from where you buy them buy you can't go wrong with these two.
No disagreements on protein and creating, this isn't the point after all. It could be cocaine for all I care, the point is most supplements suck at manufacturing and you end up with something totally different and potentially dangerous in the long term then what the label says.
Protein supplements for example are commonly found to be contaminated with heavy metals, even good brands!
They spray heavy metals on us from airplanes, what expectations did you have about supplements?
Easy, just ask your primary care doctor for some anabolic steroid injections! That way, you'll certainly know what you're putting inside of your body, and you'll simultaneously have an overqualified quack monitoring your health, too. A true win-win situation.