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The Truth About Energy Bars

Energy bars, nutrition bars, and dare I say, meal replacement bars…Do you use them? I guess I should say, “eat them.” *Note to self. Clearly millions of people do, hence the reason why bars are one of the fastest growing sectors in nutrition and every nutrition store now resembles a candy store. The bars are [...]

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Dissecting the Consumer Reports “Health Alert on Proteins” [Part 1]

n the event you’ve been in a media black out and missed it, there’s buzz about the article “Health Alert: Protein Drinks” featured in the July 2010, issue of Consumer Reports Magazine. The article (links at bottom of post) presents the results of tests done for arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury on 15 different “protein powders.”

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