According to the findings of a study conducted in the United States, more than one-third of an array of sports supplements purchased online do not include vital elements despite the fact that the label indicates they should. On the back of each bottle was a claim that the dietary supplement included one of five botanical ingredients that were said to have qualities that enhanced performance. Since a stimulant known as ephedra was declared illegal in 2004, the compounds in question have been added to dietary supplements.
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Only 11 percent of products were accurately labeled. Five different FDA-prohibited ingredients were found, including an unapproved drug available in Russia, three drugs formerly available in Europe, and one drug that has never been approved in any country, explained Pieter Cohen, a clinician-researcher at Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, and part of the recent study.
Cohen and his colleagues placed an order for 57 different sports supplements so they could examine their constituent ingredients. The results of their investigation are quite alarming!
According to the results of their investigation, almost forty percent of the sixty-seven dietary supplements that were purchased online (albeit a tiny sample) failed to include any measurable level of the component that was advertised on the label. Incorrect amounts were presented for fifty percent of the products, and twelve percent were discovered to contain unlawful additives.
You might be forgiven for thinking that supplements are a type of medication due to the fact that they are health items. In point of fact, however, the FDA classifies them as a subset of the food category. It came as quite a surprise to see things presented in that manner, didn’t it?!
Ephedrine alkaloids, more often known as ephedra, are stimulants that are derived from the plant Ephedra sinica as well as other species. They are purported to boost levels of energy and improve athletic performance. Since they were taken off the market, ephedra-related poisonings in the United States have decreased dramatically, and there have been no deaths attributed to the substance since 2008.
Before we can understand the full scope of this issue, more investigation into the number of other health goods and sports supplements that include incorrect information regarding their contents is required.
