Recently a report in the Consumer Reports Magazine has stated that on a test on 15 protein shakes readily available in market, all of them had traces of heavy metals(arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury). The concentration in most products were relatively low but three of them came up above the proposed safe limits.
Check the following video:
Consumer reports online story:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine-archive/2010/july/food/protein-drinks/what-our-tests-found/index.htm
My take on this:
Too much of anything can be bad for you, so relying just on protein shakes is not a very good idea. Also it has been mentioned in the report, it is the over dosage of these protein supplements that can be harmful. As mentioned earlier in one of posts, supplements should only be used to supplement your nutritional needs. One should not go crazy with protein drinks. Having whole foods in your diet should be the primary source of protein.
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