In recent years, many Americans have shifted to a more health-oriented lifestyle, with some using vitamins and supplements — like protein powder — to meet their daily nutritional recommendations. However, a new report found that some protein powders and ready-to-drink shakes contain dangerously high levels of lead.

Consumer Reports said it conducted tests on 23 popular protein powders and shakes, finding more than two-thirds of the products analyzed contained higher than recommended levels of lead contamination — some by more than 10 times the recommended daily intake.

“It’s concerning that these results are even worse than the last time we tested,” said Tunde Akinleye, a chemist and Consumer Reports food safety researcher who led the study. "This time, in addition to the average level o

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