警惕乳清蛋白粉中的增稠剂成分-卡拉胶！

卡拉胶是从红藻中提取的一种多糖。它通常用作加工食品中的增稠剂、乳化剂和稳定剂。它能够为乳制品和植物产品（如蛋白质奶昔）创造柔滑的口感，因此成为制造商的热门选择。

卡拉胶在制造过程中的使用成本也非常低，这就是为什么它成为在开市客 (Costco) 和沃尔玛 (Walmart) 等商店中批量生产产品的首选，对于普通消费者来说，质地和稠度几乎与相关企业的高利润一样重要。

然而，卡拉胶可能会对肠道健康产生负面影响[2]并增加炎症[3]，这对运动员和注重健康的消费者来说弊大于利，因为他们希望通过全面的蛋白质奶昔达到健身目标。

这就是为什么像TIERONE®竞赛运动营养这样的顶级品牌会投入时间和金钱来创造更好的选择，不使用卡拉胶等添加剂，因为这些添加剂会对您的健康产生负面影响。

卡拉胶最令人担忧的一个方面是它会引起炎症，特别是对于运动员和任何试图增强肌肉、保持关节和肠道健康的人来说。 [3]

多年来，卡拉胶一直用于动物研究以引发炎症，使研究人员能够测试抗炎药物。这一过程被称为卡拉胶诱发的卡拉水肿，已有充分的记录，凸显了该化合物促进体内炎症的潜力。[3]

卡拉胶通过刺激缓激肽和组胺等促炎剂的产生来影响炎症，这些促炎剂与肿胀和疼痛密切相关。[4,5]

更令人担忧的是，这种炎症并不局限于短期接触。长期食用卡拉胶胶现在与慢性炎症和影响肠道健康的疾病有关，例如肠漏症，肠道屏障受损，毒素和细菌由此进入血液。[6]

• 人工甜味剂

• 麦芽糊精

麦芽糊精是 Muscle Milk、GHOST品牌中 的增稠剂和填充剂。它通常由转基因玉米制成。

研究表明，麦芽糊精会导致血糖飙升，增加肠道中有害细菌的数量，并增加肠易激综合征 (IBS) 的症状。[24,25]这些影响使其对您的消化系统和整体健康来说不是选择。

• 重金属

研究表明，市场上的许多蛋白粉和即饮蛋白奶昔含有微量的重金属，如铅、BPA、汞、镉和砷。

清洁标签项目于 2018 年进行了一项研究，筛查了当时市场上最畅销的 134 种蛋白粉。他们发现，其中许多蛋白粉含有上述微量重金属，包括他们分析的 75% 的植物蛋白粉。[26]

《消费者报告》的另一项研究分析了“肌肉牛奶”，发现它含有微量的铅、砷和镉。特别是，“肌肉牛奶”中的铅含量高于美国药典 (USP) 为健康和安全建议的水平，美国药典是联邦政府认可的为健康产品制定自愿标准的机构。[27]

饮食中摄入过多重金属可能会产生毒性或危险。它会降低能量水平，损害大脑、肝脏、肺、肾脏和其他重要的内脏器官。[28]

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