Assocham finds Indian youth in spot

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

A survey by industry body Assocham has revealed that as much as about 78 percent of adolescents in urban India areas tend to consume at least one dietary supplement like pills, energy drinks, steroids, and high-protein powders.
“The statistics are shocking, as many children are becoming overly involved and obsessed by a wide variety of substances [...]

Founder of Bodybuilding.com pleads guilty

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

In 1999, Ryan DeLuca put $20,000 down to buy a web domain called Bodybuilding.com that went on to become a popular website.
“It’s so cool to be able to start something like this,” DeLuca said in 2001, when he was just 23.
From Idahostatesman.com:

On Monday, the 34-year-old Eagle resident pleaded guilty in federal court in Boise to [...]

Hormonal nutritional supplements can trigger progression of prostate cancer

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Hormonal components in the over-the-counter dietary supplements can promote prostate cancer progression along with decreasing the effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs, as per researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
The finding appeared in an issue of the Clinical Cancer Research to reaffirm the fact that prior, effective, and complete communication about any herbal or hormonal dietary supplements [...]

PARENTS NOW PART OF THE PROGRAM AGAINST STEROID USE

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

The Powered by Me! program of St. Joseph Medical Center has already started the second leg of its attempt to stop the local youth, especially high school athletes, from using anabolic steroids, other performance enhancing drugs and dietary supplements. Aside from the side effects of these drugs, the use of performance enhancers is also a [...]