Are your supplements fake?

Do you buy protein powder? What if some of that protein isn't protein? Do you even lift bro? 25 grams of protein bro. Yeah allegedly bro. So How do companies even check how much protein is in a tub? The most common lab test doesn't look for protein, it looks for nitrogen. Protein is full of nitrogen, so lots of nitrogen equals lots of protein. You see how this looks, right? Some companies figured out they can add cheap ingredients that are also full of nitrogen. The test results will show an increase in protein. The label says 25 grams, but in reality, you get less protein. It's called protein spiking. Why is it expensive? Nitrogen is nitrogen, brother. And one of the favorite ingredients for faking protein is creatine. It has more nitrogen than whey and it's cheaper. So creatine is being used to fake your protein and sometimes creatine itself It's not even real, especially in creatine gummies. They're everywhere now. Fun, sweet, easy. In 2024, a supplement company called NOW tested 12 brands of creatine gummies. Five had little to no creatine. In 2025, a testing platform called SUBCO bought six creatine gummies on Amazon and sent them to an independent lab. Four of them had basically no creatine. It got so bad, Arnold Schwarzenegger himself warned about it. One brand had so little creatine you'd need 800 gummies to get a normal dose. What are you doing? What are you doing? It's like this. Now, here's the weird part. Every creatine powder they tested passed. So why do the gummies fail? Because creatine doesn't like moisture. In a soft sticky gummy, it slowly breaks down into creatinine, a waste product your body just gets rid of. But remember that nitrogen trick? It isn't just a gym problem. In 2008 in China, companies added a chemical called melamine to baby milk powder to fake the protein reading. Young children got kidney problems and six died. So, how do you protect yourself? For protein, flip the tub and read the ingredients. If you see things like glycine, taurine, or creatine added, ask yourself, how much of that 25 grams is actually protein? For creatine, stick to powder. It passed the test. And for both, look for products that are third-party tested with labels like NSF for Sport or Informed Sport. Finally, if a tub is way cheaper than every other tub, ask yourself, why?