July 29, 2008

Food supplements contain banned substances

Making and selling food supplements is a huge business not just here in the UK but worldwide, there are many large companies who have based their business on this market, which are being marketed as being healthy and natural.

Yet recent research has shown that this business may not be as healthy or natural as we are informed, through the many adverts that appear in the media.

Out if 152 products tested, over ten per cent were found to have illegal or banned substances in. this may not mean much to the man in the street, but for athletes and possibly people who have to take drug tests at some point in their life it could mean the difference between winning and being banned.

Therefore, there could be some surprises in store for some of the athletes, who are at the Olympic Games, which open in just over a week’s time!

Source [Telegraph]