negative. Optimum Gold Standard Protein Shake was orange, at above 150% of consumer report's level of concern for lead, and recommend to limit to 4 2/3 servings per week.
The Optimum Gold Standard 100% Whey is what was green across the board and recommend 1 3/4 servings per day.
well I guess we can chalk up the disagreement to lack of specificity. "Optimum Gold Protein Powder" isn't listed in the consumer reports article (unless I am blind, which may in fact be the case).
There are two Optimum products listed:
* Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Protein Shake - not recommended
* Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey - recommended
If I've missed one or miscategorized one I'll edit my post right away, but I believe I've got them listed correctly.
Careful - Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Protein Shake is listed under "occasionally" and their Gold Standard 100% Whey is listed under "better choices for daily consumption".
Kudos on calling out Muscle Tech as having no limit on safe consumption. I missed that and grouped it with the rest of the ones in the same category.
Here’s the consumer reports study on which brands/lines actually have heavy metals: https://www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein-powders-and-shakes-contain-high-levels-of-lead-a4206364640/
In my experience optimum nutrition gold standard whey (double rich chocolate) has been good. No dangerous level of heavy metals per the report, not super high in sugar. If you take it with water it tastes like ass, but with milk (I use whole) it’s surprisingly pretty good. There’s a number of brands that didn’t appear to have the heavy metal problem, so if that’s a worry, consult the report (note, optimum nutrition’s serious mass protein *did* have more heavy metals, so check by product, not just by brand)
Actually Optimum Nutrition is NOT clean on the list. The Optimum Mass Powder was unusually high in arsenic, and not recommended to take daily. The Whey protein powder seemed to be better though. So hopefully that's what you've used
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