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NEWS / EVENTS
Consumer Reports "hit piece" on Supplemental Protein
Unsubstantiated allegations, fake science and bogus "experts"
Consumer Reports magazine has taken aim at the nutritional supplement industry in their July issue and the industry is fighting back. Using a too-familiar strategy of innuendo, false assertions and scare tactics, CR makes the allegation that 'heavy metal' contamination in protein powder is a grave health concern requiring immediate government intervention. A bit of digging and some serious examination of the "facts" related in the article reveals a blatantly biased agenda. Consumer Reports bases their "call to action" on the "revelation" that three protein products (out of fifteen tested) exhibited "elevated levels" of heavy metal, i.e., arsenic, cadmium and lead. Buried in the small print were a few inconvenient truths: in order to overdose on heavy metals, even in those products that exceeded federally recommended levels, would require consuming massive amounts of the "contaminated" products for a protracted period of time. Further, an individual could overdose on these same heavy metals eating too much seafood. Finally, CR reluctantly reports that, "for most drinks we tested, levels of those contaminants were low - when we could detect them at all." In the big bold print they proclaim, "Consuming too much protein can cause health problems."
This blatant example of advocacy journalism is a far cry from the objective journalism CR used to represent. Back in the good old days, magazines and newspapers used to fact check assertions made by "experts" used in articles. Those days are gone: predetermined conclusions ("You don't need the extra protein or the heavy metals our tests found") are "substantiated" by "experts" like Kathleen Laquale, who erroneously states that "the body can only break down 5 to 9 grams of protein per hour and any excess that is not burned for energy is converted to fat or excreted." In the olden days of real journalism this unsubstantiated whopper would have ended up cut from a legitimate article. In our modern era of politically-correct advocacy journalism, experts that confirm preordained conclusions are trumpeted while dissenting voices are ignored. The article ends with CR calling for massive government intervention in the supplement industry to cure a non-existent problem: no bodybuilders or athletes are blowing out their livers or falling into protein-induced comas. The worst ailment CR could unearth was the tragic case of Scott Baker who experienced diarrhea; or the NFL superstar athlete that when busted for steroids blamed protein powder.
If you are using Parrillo Performance protein powders you do not have to worry about heavy metals: we know this for a fact because our products have been tested. Unlike the vast majority of protein supplement sellers, we blend our own products using top of the line protein isolates from very reputable companies in our ultra-clean production facility located at Parrillo headquarters in Fairfield, Ohio. All our protein ingredients come with accurate certificates of analysis. Poor Scott Baker likely used a protein powder that contained cheap lactose. Scott was likely lactose intolerant and had he used Parrillo Products his diarrhea malady should have never occurred. Consumer Reports has sunk to a new low in this unvarnished hit piece on supplemental protein. Yelling "fire" in a movie theater is a jail-time offense and CR has done the journalistic equivalent of yelling fire where none exists: all in a pathetic attempt to attract readers to a likely dwindling subscriber base. This lame article uses half-facts, scare tactics and outright distortions in order to create a false sense of urgency about a non-existent problem. Shame on Consumer Reports.
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