date:Aug 03, 2012
d across Europe, due to sourcing and safety issues.
Hints of efficacy
Given these dangers, why on earth would athletes take supplements?she wrote, saying supplement health benefits were not backed in the scientific literature.
When studies do appear to support supplement companies claims, they are usually small and at best can offer only hints of efficacy, not definitive proof, she continued.
Yet statistics show upwards of 80% of athletes consume food supplements of one kind or another.
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