I had a bad experience recently cause of a whey protein (Dymatize ISO) bought off a supplements store locally. I started getting huge boils all over my body, 13-15 in a span of 2 months. In the beginning I didn't know what caused it, so I consulted 2 or 3 doctors. They suggested me several tests and it all came back normal. No diabetes, no allergy, no infection etc. Ultimately, I did a lot of dietary and lifestyle changes as well as maxed out my hygienic factor and changed my supplements (I had purchased some whey protein from US and there were some left, so would switch to that occasionally). In this process I found out that, whenever I stopped taking Dymatize ISO, boils would stop recurring and whenever I started it, the boils would recur. This happened three times, and by then I was pretty sure that Dymatize ISO was the trigger. I ultimately stopped taking it. Now, I have read it's reviews, did googling related to whey protein and boils, but nothing significant comes up. So it's most likely not related to the product or whey protein in general, rather seems that it could have caused because the product might not have been genuine. I asked a few trainers in Delhi and Mumbai and they all agreed that many supplement stores and dealers do sell counterfeit / expired / adulterated products.
Now with new supplement stores popping out everywhere, with heavy price variation among them and operating without any regulation, where do you guys buy your protein from and how do you make sure that they are genuine?
Buying off from US is not a very pleasing option because it gets downright expensive (at least 1.5 times using Amazon and freight forwarders) and switching to natural protein sources such as chicken is not an option for me at least for another year or so.
