Do Bodybuilding Supplements Really Work?
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Do bodybuilding supplements really work?
By Kevin
Doberstein CFT
Copyright protected 2005 Nature Boy
Bodybuilding
The bdoybuilding supplement industry is a multi-million dollar
business. Most manufacturers can't back up the claims made for
their magic bodybuliding supplements. Sometimes taking
supplements can be harmful.
Especially young athletes with no
guidance.
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Bodybuilders and others that are in interetsed in
fitness activities buy hundreds of millions of dollars of
supplements yearly. All too hopeuflly gain muscle mass, power,
and strength.
The truth is there isn't much for scientific evidecne supporting
the manufacturer's claim. In 1994 the US congress passed the
Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. It defines any
product that contains vitamins, minerals, amino acids, or herbs
in any single or combination is considered a dietary supplement.
If considered a dietary supplement there isn't much for
regulation.
Taking that into consideration, manufacturers make bold claims
that thier products are the next super bodybuilding supplements.
In a study conducted by a survey of 624 commercial bodybuilding
supplements, there were over 800 claims to promise
muscle-building results. Supplements included were amino acids,
boron, carnitine, choline, chromium, dibencozide, freulic acid,
gamma oryzanol, MCT, weight gain powders and other muscle
building supplements. Many of the claims were not supported by
research.
There were also many flase claims of promised muscle
building results from using the supplements.
(Grunewald)
There can even be a point that taking the wrong supplements can
be dangerous to cretain individuals.
An example of that being in
1997 a female trainee was given the advice of taking Ephreda
from her personal tranier.
The trainer did not take the time to
find out the client's health cnoditions.
It so happens she had
high blood pressure and died from a stroke from using Ephreda.
This supplement is at that mmoent banned.
At the high school level coaches have been known to talk openly
about taking muscle building supplements with high school
athlete students. Most coaches don't have the qualifications for
giving out advice for supplementation pratcices. This should be
for the family's physician to give advice on taking supplements.
This doesn't mean all bodybuilding supplements are harmful.
Athletes from the ancient times have used Ergogneic aids.
(Applegate) All supplements that actually work have a time and
place in the training effect.
Protein is the most comomn ergogenic used today.
Druing the
early days of protein powder it was made with casein and very
hard to choke down. York Barbell Company made the hrorid tasting
protein powder.
Now you can buy whey protien. It mixes
incredibly well and doesn't taste all that afwul.
Also today's
protein is much more defined with amnio acid breakdown, protein
synthesis, and how the hormone regulation is effected from
protein supplementation.
I personally rseearch a lot of compilations of supplement
studies that were done and that is what I base my articles and
books that I write.
I have learned to trust the names of certain
reputable researchers for their non-bias reporting, there is a
lot of supplement companies that sell bogus products just to
take the money and run.
In all reality supplements don't play a large part of a
successful bodybuilding career. Using a sound nutrition plan
with a bodybuilding-training program that focuses on
periodization cycles with enough recovery time should be the
main staple. It tkaes years to become an accomplished natural
bodybuilder. Some magic supplements are not going to get you
there any faster.
Please do your research before buying the next "greatest
bodybuilding supplement".
About the author
Kevin Doberstein is a Certified
Fitness Trainer living in nortehrn WI. He has been a natural
bodybuilder for 25 yeras.
For more articles about bodybuilding
supplements check out his web Intenret site. Nature Boy, Your
Natural Bodyubilding web source.
References:
Grunewald KK, Baily RS 1993 Commerically marketed supplements
for bodybuilding athletes.
Applegate EA, Grivetti LE 1997
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