Comment by _DeadFred_
14 hours ago
I wonder how big a factor this is in creating podcast bros/tech bros. Is there actually a pipeline from 'get guy to start working out' to becoming a dumb bro?
https://www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein-powders-and-sha...
Seems to be a regularish occurrence far beyond the podcast/tech crowd in many areas.
Blind doubting of things can be as bad as blindly believing they're safe, if we don't know who's, or if anyone is keeping the safety honest. Capitalism can too often lean towards optimizing profit.
Testing for lead, etc can be done independently pretty easily and consistently enough to get a statistically high enough correlation of what's going on.
I get the stereotypes - but consuming anything in an unbalanced way will lead to being out of balance. Food, caffiene, alcohol, supplements.