The Huel Shaker isn't safe (endocrine disruption)

[rikefrejut]

@adamblack93

Our kidneys aren’t designed to process ultrapure water and they need the natural impurities.

You know your kidneys process blood, right?

[Kingston]

Tempered glass

[hunzas]

As opposed to bad-tempered glass

[Phil_C]

@Tim_Huel

@adamblack93

A list of chemicals that sound ominous is pretty useless if you don’t know what those chemicals are or how they affect the human body.

I just want to say that I think you and Phil are making exactly the same points. A list of scary chemicals isn’t any use without the research to support any negative side effects in humans. This is exactly what you and Phil are both saying.

exactly this - it is pointless demonising something you see in a list of chemical ingredients and what they do. it is however important to note that when you see a chemical or element in a list it maybe very different to what you think it is; So many of the elements on that list as pointed out in their natural state are perfectly safe within prescribed amounts. Used for other purposes though they are different and also have different health properties. For example:

@adamblack93

• Lead - the only element on the list which is always toxic to humans, but the use of lead in paints, glazes and clay is against the law in much of the world, so generally would only be found in very small trace amounts these days if at all
• Chromium - available as a supplement, helps with insulin production amongst other important functions, safe in trace amounts

literally, none of that is correct. Lead is outlawed in things such as paint on children toys etc but is still permitted to be used in glazes, glassware etc providing it less than the levels set by the FDA and other similar bodies. the only perquisites are that they are labelled as such - like with the proposition 65 yellow triangles. This doesn’t mean they are illegal but you are being warned.

Chromium in is pure elemental form is not toxic as you say and is found naturally in some foods and used in supplements. the chromium used in things like stainless steel, glazes, pigments etc is not the same and are referred to as hexaveliant chromium compounds. these are toxic and also proven to be carcinogenic.

so while it should be stressed that you do not demonise something you do not understand - at the same time you shouldn’t assume that something is safe because you believe it to be the same regardless of how it used.

@adamblack93

naturally occurring uranium in the environment all around us and it doesn’t kill us

you are also correct about that Adam - the reason I mentioned it specifically for older 20th century pottery. was because in those times it was neither regulated or understood so was used in very unsafe amounts. the reason it was used in glazes and other decorative purposes was for the radium in it which provided luminous clean brightness to colours. you can check out the rather sad story of the Radium Girls who suffered horrible injuries and death from prolonged exposure to these paints while they were decorating watch and clock faces with it.