I would imagine the plant based group had more heavy metals, if given most brands
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gymbros are afraid of soybased products, eventhough there is very little if any phytoestrogen that affects them in a significant way.
they are more likely to get estrogen-like chemicals from thier plastic bottles and drinking water.
There’s plenty of other factors that need to be considered. There will be significant differences in iron levels, b12, calcium, vitamin d, etc.
If you’re vegetarian/vegan, you absolutely need to monitor multiple other levels and take the appropriate supplements. Pretending otherwise is really dangerous.
The study itself makes none of the claims you're rallying against.
It looks like the OP started with a title that was misleading and it has been corrected so now your post looks out of place.
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But one of them didn't smell as bad as the other