Paul's Journal

03/14/2011 19:26 #53826

Heavy Metal Shake
Category: food

The other day I was hanging out with (e:mike) and (e:libertad) when he mentioned that he saw a consumer reports study

saying that protein supplements were found to have high levels of lead, arsenic and cadmium.

Luckily, the one I generally consume - Solgar's Vanilla Whey To Go

was not on the list. I figured it couldn't be seeing as it is just whey protein. Plus I like this one because it has no sweetener, natural or artificial. Like most of the "natural" ones use stevia which I do not like and the others all use artificial sweeteners. This one just is not sweet. I got a 32oz cannister on amazon for $33 which lasts me a long time.

Seems like the ones such as muscle milk which are more than just protein seemed to be the problem. I am guessing either the milk they start out with is seriously tainted or the heavy metals are found in the added vitamins. If it is in the added vitamins then I bet you can also find heavy metals in multivitamin supplements. Not that I take those.

tinypliny - 03/14/11 22:13
I don't get it though... is heavy metal part of the extraction process for protein? Why can't they just curdle the milk and dry out the whey? I thought that's how they got it but this makes me wonder... So maybe its a possibility that "whey protein" does not come from milk in these cases. Maybe its synthetic protein? How odd... it may not be in the most bioavailable form if its synthetic though.

tinypliny - 03/14/11 22:09
If the fish don't get you whey protein will?

libertad - 03/14/11 21:09
I use Wegmans natural whey protein. The ingredients are:

Ion-Exchanged, Microfiltered Non-RBGH Whey Protein Isolate (Milk), Non-RBGH Whey Protein Concentrate (Milk), Natural Vanilla Flavor. Less than 1% of the Following: Carrageenan, Free-Form L-Glutamine (Vegetarian), Stevia, Sunflower Lecithin.

So far this is the best tasting one I have had. I don't normally like stevia either. So I wonder if mine would have any cadmium or arsenic? If it does I don't think it would be a lot.

03/14/2011 16:53 #53824

First Day of Vacation
Category: work

I have to burn up my remaining vacation time before it expires April 1. I am not actually going anywhere because I can't afford to, plus (e:hodown) and (e:lilho) are coming to town and it is (e:matthew) and (e:keithT)'s birthday.

So day one, I ended up working from 12-5PM. Great.

It started with an emergency phone call about a system that was not working. I didn't change anything so I really didn't expect it was my system. It wasn't, then it was just one thing after another.

Hopefully, tomorrow will be better.

tinypliny - 03/14/11 17:36
lol, and I picked today to ask my inane questions and you answered in detail. that did not sound like a vacation answer! :)

03/13/2011 15:45 #53821

Parking on the Lawn
Category: linwood

I guess the church folk next door are not the only people that think parking on the lawn is acceptable. The people at the trashiest house on the street do the same thing. Their lawn is so jacked up now.

I love how they threw in some wood planks to try and make it parkable. This house is one plot that would be better off as a parking lot.

tinypliny - 03/14/11 17:45
Ew. where is this?

flacidness - 03/14/11 13:58
That is so nasty....

fing - 03/14/11 12:14
I can't believe how much there is between the sidewalk and the street. Why not just put down a cement pad there and use it as a driveway or is that not allowed?

03/13/2011 14:40 #53820

Made in America Store
Category: shopping

I headed down to the made in America store in Elma with (e:libertad) and (e:Mike). They had some interesting stuff including some nice outdoor grills and firepits. In the parking lot they had giantist snowman I ever saw.

I ended up buying raw honey and beef jerky.

tinypliny - 03/14/11 18:05
eWWW. (I don't want to make this a trend but really, this does totally ask for a emphasized ew.)

metalpeter - 03/14/11 17:20
That Huge Snowman thing is wild...........

jbeatty - 03/14/11 14:37
That snowman reminds me why I hate this time of year. Everyone is sick, whats left of the snow is black, and all of the trash that was discarded is starting to appear. Apparently popular on Linwood Ave. the tire marks where all the idiots drove on the grass are making themselves visible.

theecarey - 03/13/11 15:30
Imagine the size of that snowman before it melted down?!

I have a pair of something that resembles those leaf scoops. They are wonderfully helpful in yard clean up work. Nice to know where I can pick up another pair when needed.

03/12/2011 16:53 #53816

Sweetness 7
Category: food

I got the best egg sandwich I ever had. The bread was amazing.

james - 03/13/11 22:16
I believe it is the only place in town where you can get Turkish coffee. So freakin good! Of course, everything is great there.

leetee - 03/12/11 23:54
funny that we live so close yet have only been there a couple of times. i wish they were open 30 minutes earlier so i could grab something on the way to work in the mornings....

theecarey - 03/12/11 20:18
A gem of a place. I've enjoyed everything I have ordered from there. I'm overdue for a visit for their Turkish coffee, my personal favorite.