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.

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 FDA announced that U.S. Marshals seized more than $1,301,712 of dietary supplements from LG Sciences, LLC, of Brighton, Mich., because the products contain unapproved food additives and/or new dietary ingredients that violate the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act. The sports supplements, which are all labeled as dietary supplements, are marketed for use by body [...]