Several hours after our post on increased media coverage of the potential danger of supplement use by high school athletes, the Food & Drug Administration held a press conference and issued a public health advisory on body-building products and steroids. The warning was serious: “Due to the potentially serious health risks associated with using these types of products, the FDA recommends that consumers immediately stop using all body building products that claim to contain steroids or steroid-like substances, ” the FDA said in the advisory.

With public attention shifting to the health of teenagers — steroid use, obesity, etc. — the supplement industry has not been heard loud enough. Who will speak up?

Athletes — and the rest of us — deserve reliable sources of information on the safety of dietary supplements. New York Jet Calvin Pace may be the latest victim of a system that does not provide adequate information or protection from substances that can cause harm to health and career.

There was a ton of buzz this past week about the article by David Epstein and George Dohrmann in Sports Illustrated entitled “What You Don’t Know Might Kill You.” Even my Dad emailed it to me. The criticism of supplements by SI is flawed in so many respects. Steve Mister of CRN pointed out many [...]

The company says that its product will boost testosterone levels by 10,000%. The plaintiffs says the product is snake oil marked up to $70 a package. So begins a class-action lawsuit filed in California superior court May 6. The suit says that Musclemeds makes false advertising claims about Arimatest and that the product creates a [...]

A swimmer who missed the Olympics says she doesn’t have a drug problem: A Texas supplement company does.  Jessica Hardy claims in a lawsuit that AdvoCare International Co. caused her to be disqualified from the U.S. team because the products Arginine Extreme and Nighttime Recovery were contaminated with clenbuterol, an anti-asthma medication similar to albuterol, [...]