Consumer Watch: Killer gym supplements (DNP (2,4-Dinitrophenol)) widely...
Posted 30 September 2020 By Georgina Crouth Sep 28, 2020 IOL Cape Town – Marketed as a miracle weight-loss supplement targeting the bodybuilding community, the illegal drug DNP (2,4-Dinitrophenol) is...
View ArticleBanned stimulants found in weight loss and sports supplements
Posted 07 May 2021 Banned stimulants found in weight loss and sports supplements Deterenol is a pharmaceutical bronchodilator that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) never approved as a drug...
View ArticleCan You Get Too Much Protein?
Posted 15 September 2021 By Roni Caryn Rabin New York Times Dec. 6, 2016 Protein has achieved a venerated status in the dietary world for everything from building muscle to preventing weight gain. But...
View ArticleStudy looks at tainted dietary supplements
Posted 06 July 2022 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Tainted Supplements Database, created in 2007, lists products adulterated with active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Between 2007 and...
View ArticleIs Sport A Breeding Ground for Pseudoscience?
Posted 1 Dec 2022 Exercise physiologist Nick Tiller, MRes, PhD, argues that pseudoscience is a systemic problem in sports. He offers examples of prominent athletes promoting pseudoscientific health and...
View ArticleProtein powders: Are they bad for your health?
Posted 28 April 2023 Extracts: Stuart Phillips, has spent two decades studying the impact of our diets on our muscles. Speaking on the BBC’s Food Programme last year, he summed it up like this: someone...
View Article40% of Sports Supplements Don’t Contain Ingredients On The Label, US Study Finds
Posted 24 July 2023 HEALTH 24 July 2023 By Clare Watson, ScienceAlert “You get what you pay for” isn’t an adage we can always rely upon. A US study has found more than one-third of a selection of...
View ArticleSports supplements sold online found to be mislabeled
Posted 14 August 2023 Researchers analyzed 57 dietary supplements sold online and labeled as containing: R vomitoria, methylliberine, turkesterone, halostachine, or octopamine. The researchers found:...
View ArticleDo testosterone boosters work?
Posted 20 December 2020 And can they help men improve their mental and physical health? From Skeptical Inquirer 5 Dec 2023 Extract: There are hundreds, if not thousands, of commercial products aimed at...
View ArticleAustralian TGA seizes hundreds of potentially dangerous sport supplements...
Posted 10 Jan 2024 The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) with the assistance of NSW Police have seized 478 sport supplements containing potentially dangerous substances from a Sydney retail store....
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