In Part 1 of our newsletter on Dietary Supplements, we gave you an overview of the unregulated dietary supplement industry, how products become adulterated through deliberate use of prohibited ingredients by the supplement company or the cross contamination and poor quality control of the supplement manufacturer. In Part 2, we will discuss the challenges with […]

BUDAPEST, Hungary — The International Weightlifting Federation has suspended 16-year-old  for four years and banned Yuliya Kalina for two years for doping. The federation says Popovici, Romania’s national champion in the 48-kilogram category, tested positive for the anabolic steroid Stanozolol in an out-of-competition test. Popovici, a member of the Botosani Sporting Club, tested positive after […]

Sheffield Hallam University is launching a new scheme to target doping in sport – after research showed children as young as 12 had admitted using performance enhancing drugs. European-wide research by universities identified a number of children who had reported use of performance enhancing substances like anabolic steroids. The SAFE YOU project also showed at […]

How Hollywood ideals are messing with men’s heads, leading real-world guys to take dangerous drugs Superheroes today are a lot more shredded than they used to be. The original Superman and Batman look almost willowy compared to our muscle-bursting modern-day versions. That’s no coincidence. America is in the midst of a cultural shift in terms […]

(CNN)The US military is warning against the danger of troops over consuming energy drinks, saying it could do “some serious harm to your body.” A post on the pentagon’s official science blog this week details the health risks involved, citing a report that found soldiers in the field were more likely to fall asleep on […]

We’ve all seen them before: the cans, small shots and uniquely packaged drinks that promise to give you an energy boost during the most important parts of your day. At first glance, it seems like a great idea: chug it down and get reinvigorated. But, if you go beyond wanting simply to stay alert and […]

Supplement Surprises The dietary supplement industry is an ever evolving and growing industry that currently offers over 55,000 supplements for consumers to choose from. A Gallup poll conducted in 2013 showed that half of Americans report taking vitamins or other mineral supplements, which equates to approximately 160 million people. Furthermore, according to the “Herbal Supplements […]

Position Title:              Education Program Manager Department:               Hoot’s Chalk Talk – Business Development Reports to:                   Director of Education Position Summary:    An Education Program Manager markets, sells and delivers Hoot’s Chalk Talk (HCT) Education Assembly Programs.  These programs are delivered in schools and other venues across the U.S., Canada, […]

  What is a dietary supplement? A dietary supplement is a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, liquid or other food form intended to supplement a whole food diet by providing any combination of the following:  Vitamins  Minerals  Amino acids  Herbs and botanicals (leaves, bark, stems, berries, roots, seed of plants) Sports supplements […]

Harrison G. Pope Jr, MD1; Jag H. Khalsa, MS, PhD2; Shalender Bhasin, MB, BS3 During the last several decades, the image of the idealized male body in many countries has shifted toward a substantially higher level of muscularity. Bodybuilding competitors, male models, and even children’s action toys (eg, “G.I. Joe”) have become significantly more muscular than their predecessors of the 1960s. Nowadays, […]