Download the MP3, listen on Itunes, and other options: https://wp.me/P771GG-mvJacklyn Bowen: The FDA does a very diligentjob when it comes to traditional food safety...but dietary supplements, in many ways, really goes under the radar.There's arsenic in your protein powder, and maybe a bit of lead to boot.In today's episode of the Renaissance Humans Podcast, I talk to Jacklyn Bowen of the Clean Label Project, a nonprofit which tests processed foods for contaminants and reports the results on their website.In the episode we review the results of their testing, talk about how heavy metals and other contaminants end up in processed foods, go over the food rating system the Clean Label Project employs on their website, and much more.Specific Topic Start Times:What the Clean Label Project does3:04How processed supplements are regulated differently than whole foods 3:05Andrew talks about lead and how it can cause horrible health problems7:19The Regulatory environment in Europe and how it differs from the US9:11The raw data and star rating system on the Clean Label Project website12:25When heavy metal quantities in foods start to get dangerous14:28Why organic protein powders have more heavy metal contamination17:31Andrew mentions that organic pesticides contain metals too19:14How have the test results affected Jacklyn's eating habits:20:42What she's hoping her testing will accomplish in the long run.23:17
