Worrisome news about supplements used by athletes:
Consumers are at risk of ingesting banned
substances from supplements that do not label their ingredients
completely, said Fahmy Galant, doping control manager at the South
African Institute for Drug Free Sport (Saids).
In South Africa, a survey by the Journal of the
American Medical Association detected that 12 (40 percent) out of 30
over-the-counter supplements contained banned substances.
If a student who has ingested a banned
substance is tested by his school or an independent organisation like
Saids, he or she may be suspended from playing, said the Saids
representative.
“It is extremely difficult for the average
consumer to judge the quality and the value of the claims of dietary
supplements,” said Heidi-Lee Robertson, business development manager for
DSM Nutritional Products.
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