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Legal nutrition products can be gateway to doping
PEOPLE who take nutritional supplements such as protein shakes are more likely to engage in doping, according to research.
...anti-doping researcher at the University of NSW, Jason Mazanov, said there was just as much reason to be concerned about legal performance-enhancing products...
A 2006 study published in the European Journal of Epidemiology found non-professional athletes who took nutritional supplements were four times more likely to engage in doping and seven times more likely to participate if their friends doped.
The study surveyed 2650 university students from six countries - Italy, Finland, Israel, France, Germany and Greece - and found the overall use of a doping agent was 2.6 per cent, with use higher among males.
A sports and exercise physician, Peter Larkins, agreed if people were prepared to look for a legal additive, then it followed that they were susceptible to taking illegal supplements.
Read more: Legal nutrition products can be gateway to doping
PEOPLE who take nutritional supplements such as protein shakes are more likely to engage in doping, according to research.
...anti-doping researcher at the University of NSW, Jason Mazanov, said there was just as much reason to be concerned about legal performance-enhancing products...
A 2006 study published in the European Journal of Epidemiology found non-professional athletes who took nutritional supplements were four times more likely to engage in doping and seven times more likely to participate if their friends doped.
The study surveyed 2650 university students from six countries - Italy, Finland, Israel, France, Germany and Greece - and found the overall use of a doping agent was 2.6 per cent, with use higher among males.
A sports and exercise physician, Peter Larkins, agreed if people were prepared to look for a legal additive, then it followed that they were susceptible to taking illegal supplements.
Read more: Legal nutrition products can be gateway to doping
