| With the sports supplements industry worth millions of | | | | that they make to improve a person's performance or |
| dollars and the business becoming increasingly popular | | | | health, nor do they have to meet any safety testing |
| among sports athletes, you might think that | | | | prior to being sent to market. |
| performance enhancing products are closely regulated | | | | Many people find this set-up to be quite strange, |
| and relatively safe. Well you may be shocked to | | | | however details for each product's ingredients can |
| realize this is not the case. | | | | quickly and easily be found from many resources such |
| Any product classed as a 'sports supplement' or | | | | as the Internet. Therefore benefits of the products can |
| 'dietary supplement' are not required to meet any | | | | quickly be accepted or dismissed by the user from |
| standards set out from the Food & Drug | | | | simple research. |
| Administration (FDA) and so there are not any | | | | A sports supplement product can only be removed |
| regulations which ensure a guarantee or the safety of | | | | from the market if they can prove that the product is |
| a product sold as a sports supplement. | | | | in fact harmful to its users or causes medical problems. |
| This means that the supplements on the market are | | | | However, because of the above points any health |
| not held to any particular manufacturing standards and | | | | problems that arise from using these products are only |
| may not necessarily be pure or even safe to | | | | discovered after the product has been sold on the |
| consume. The supplements are not required to meet | | | | market. |
| the same safety procedures that we expect of food | | | | It is therefore wise to choose a sports supplement that |
| ingredients or prescription drugs. Furthermore, the | | | | has been sold for a long period of time and has |
| manufacturers are not required to prove any claims | | | | already been used successfully by many athletes. |
