High levels of lead found in popular protein powders, new report finds

>> AND STANDOUT STYLE.

>> PROTEIN POWDERS AND SHAKES A

MORE POPULAR THAN EVER TOUTED

HIS WORKOUT FUEL OR EVEN

REPLACEMENTS. BUT A NEW

CONSUMER REPORTS INVESTIGATION

UNCOVERED A HIDDEN RISK.

SOME OF THESE SUPPLEMENTS

CONTAIN CONCERNING LEVELS OF

LEAD 5 ON YOUR SIDE'S KEELY.

ARTHUR EXPLAINS WHAT THEY FOUND

AND HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF.

>> IF YOU USE PROTEIN POWDER,

YOU'RE NOT ALONE. 46 1% OF

AMERICANS SAY THEY DO, BUT A

NEW REPORT FROM CONSUMER

REPORTS SHOWS THAT'S SOME

CONTAIN TOXIC LEVELS OF LEAD IN

THE WORST OFFENDERS. IT MAY

SURPRISE YOU. CONSUMER REPORTS

TESTED. 23 POPULAR PROTEIN

POWDERS AND SHAKES

>> THE RESULTS OVER TWO-THIRDS

CONTAIN MORE LEAD IN A SINGLE

SERVING. THEN WHAT'S ERS?

EXPERTS CONSIDER SAY FOR AN

ENTIRE DAY IN SOME CASES,

LEVELS WERE MORE THAN 10 TIMES

HIGHER PLANT-BASED PRODUCTS

HAVE THE MOST CONCERNING

RESULTS SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT

CAME TO PLANT-BASED POWDERS.

THEY HAD SOME THE HIGHEST

LEVELS OF LEAD. THERE WERE 9

TIMES HIGHER THAN THE DAIRY

BASED PROTEIN POWDERS WE TEST

AND THEY WERE DOUBLE THAT OF

THE BEEF. A SPATTERS WE TESTED.

>> MAKING NUTRITION'S VEGAN

MASS CANER TESTED AT ROUGHLY

1570%.

>> OF SEE ARES DAILY LEAD LIMIT

HILLS BLACK EDITION, VEGAN

POWDER ALSO RAISED CONCERNS

WITH MORE THAN 1200% ACCORDING

TO CONSUMER REPORTS, EXPERTS,

THESE PRODUCTS SHOULD BE

AVOIDED ALTOGETHER. A

SPOKESPERSON FOR HEELS SAID ITS

INGREDIENTS UNDERGO, QUOTE,

RIGOROUS TESTING. AND THAT IT

WAS CONFIDENT IN THE CURRENT

FORMULATION AND SAFETY OF THE

PRODUCTS IN RESPONSE TO SEE

ARES FINDINGS, NAKED NUTRITION

HAS REQUESTED A 3RD PARTY TEST

OF ITS MASK AND OR SUPPLEMENT

POWDER AND SAID, QUOTE, WE TAKE

OUR CUSTOMERS HEALTH VERY

SERIOUSLY. BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER

TYPES OF PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS

WHEN IT COMES TO THE DAIRY

BASED PROTEIN POWDERS AND

SHAKES THAT WE TESTED, WE FOUND

THAT THEY HAD THE LOWEST

AMOUNTS OF LEAD GENERALLY STILL

ABOUT HALF OF THE PRODUCTS THAT

WE TESTED HAD CONCERNING ENOUGH

LEVELS OF LEAD OR OTHER

CONTAMINANTS.

>> THAT SEARS EXPERTS ADVISE

NOT TO USE THEM DAILY.

>> SO MORAL OF THE STORY.

IF YOU USE PROTEIN POWDERS, USE

THEM SPARINGLY. HEALTH EXPERTS

SAY YOU CAN GET JUST AS MUCH

PROTEIN BY SIMPLY EATING THINGS

LIKE EGGS. WE NEED FISH, TOFU