Protein scam or not?

[riskybizz007]

Anthrax said it right... they are not going to be checking out all protein powders for their % claim. Believe me they wont. You're held more at the mercy of their words... Just buy from reputable companies that's all i can tell you. If you think Proteinfactory is reputable then get it from them, i've heard a few stories about them as well where the protein they sold didn't add up. Just be careful.

 

[Rotty]

Yah guys, especially newbies. be careful when you are purchasing supps, including protein. Always try to buy from a legit company such as Eas, Metrex, Prolab,Cytodyne, Twinlab, Biotest, Etc. You should know who is reputable, if you dont ask a mod or do a search in the posts. Now, if you are 100% certain that a smaller comp. products ie: Protein, meets label claims, then go for it. Always, Always, Always, "DO WHAT WORKS FOR YOU". Happy Holidays to ya all, Rotty

 

[riskybizz007]

I don't trust twinlab at all. Heard when they did studies on their thermogenics they were underdosed by a lot.

 

[OKIE]

I agree w/ you guys. Anthrax was right...no one really monitors the supplement industry very closely. Think about all the BS that is sold out there with outrageous claims. Why should some protein powders be any different? I like the protein factory, but I wish someone could test their product for its validity just to be certain.

 

[riskybizz007]

one i do have faith in is Optimum Nutrition. They also claimed that it was "impossible" to reach 80% protein from whey unless you added some isolate to it. If that's true Proteinfactory is lying. And i know optimum has 4 different kinds of whey in there, and i do believe what they claim it does have.

 

[DR. NOE]

Protein power and supplements

I remember a few years ago reading a book called supplement review. Several products were taken off of shelfs to be analized and compared to what the labels claimed. All the big brand names were included and the testing was done by a company that was not in the supplement industry. Anyhow the results were printed in this book for all the brand names and their best selling supplements. It was amazing to see just how bad some company ripped off the customer. They were suppose to do another book the following year but did not do so because of lawsuits by the companys that were pissed off by their ratings. Muscletech was one of the companys that had a lawsuit due to their sells dropping after the rating. They wanted the lab people doing the supplement review to take another sample, shipped directly from muscle tech instead of letting them take it off the shelfs at supplement stores. The lab reviews techs refused to alter their sampling methods to suit muscletech.

 

[Punschkrapfen]

In the computer industry we habe lots of magazines, whose journalists test hardware and software and write opinions about it. If some piece of hardware does not work, they write about it. If some software crashes constantly, they say it. In entertainment there are film critics and if they don't like a movie, they voice their opinion. Yet in bodybuilding, i cannot remember a mag which tested protein powder, bars or some other supplements and compared the results. They talk about certain nutrients and present scientifics studies, but never talk about actual products on the market and how well they test in the lab. Maybe chemical lab testing is more expensive than watching a movie or running a piece of software and writing about it, i don't know. But there should be a market for this kind of research. It is not the purpose of some goverment bureaucrat to watch these companies, this is usually the job of journalists to research and present results.

 

[rippedup]

Bump,

Anyone has something to add about this?

 

[riskybizz007]

Yet in bodybuilding, i cannot remember a mag which tested protein powder, bars or some other supplements and compared the results. They talk about certain nutrients and present scientifics studies, but never talk about actual products on the market and how well they test in the lab. Maybe chemical lab testing is more expensive than watching a movie or running a piece of software and writing about it, i don't know. But there should be a market for this kind of research.

Closest thing we have to this are those independent websites that test a few products out. Although we here can't test these products out for purity or see if they meet label claims, these boards do offer a great deal of help b/c we get lots of customer feedback w/ both good and bad info on products.

 

[DR. NOE]

Read a copy of supplent reveiw. The was a unbias company who took several products from all the big name companys, and had each product analized to see if it matched label claims. Only a few companys actually matched their labels. Some were actually over and some only had 50% of what they were claiming. The book is a good buy because you will learn which companys are good and which companys like ripping off the customer. They were later on taken to court by the companys who did not do so good. Guess, what musce tech was one of the companys.