As a child, I couldn't get away with rule-breaking by saying, "The devil made me do it!" Yet this is essentially what some Major League Baseball players say when accused of steroid use: "The supplements made me do it."
Today star pitcher Roger Clemens is expected to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. The players and their representatives who have spoken so far -- to legislators and the press -- have offered a litany of excuses for how they ended up in the midst of a steroid scandal. The most preposterous, by far, is that dietary supplements are to blame.
Clemens, for example, has repeatedly denied using steroids or human growth hormone. But he acknowledged that he has been injected with vitamin B-12. Tainted B-12 was how Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro explained his failed steroids test in 2005. In his congressional testimony last month, Baseball union chief Donald Fehr blamed not just dietary supplements, but Congress for insufficient regulation.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Is Human Growth Hormone the Fountain of Youth?
Marie Miano, like some professional athletes, takes human growth hormone — but she has a prescription.
"I feel like the fountain of youth because I feel better than I did before. I feel younger, I feel healthier." she said.
At 54, she started growth hormone injections after reading actress Suzanne Sommers' book — just one Hollywood celebrity sold on HGH.
Actor Sylvester Stallone freely admits he used the hormone as he prepared for his latest Rambo movie.
"The way people think of HGH is archaic," the actor said on the Today Show.
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"I feel like the fountain of youth because I feel better than I did before. I feel younger, I feel healthier." she said.
At 54, she started growth hormone injections after reading actress Suzanne Sommers' book — just one Hollywood celebrity sold on HGH.
Actor Sylvester Stallone freely admits he used the hormone as he prepared for his latest Rambo movie.
"The way people think of HGH is archaic," the actor said on the Today Show.
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Doctors Use Wii Games for Rehab
Some call it "Wiihabilitation." Nintendo's Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries.
The usual stretching and lifting exercises that help the sick or injured regain strength can be painful, repetitive and downright boring.
In fact, many patients say PT — physical therapy's nickname — really stands for "pain and torture," said James Osborn, who oversees rehabilitation services at Herrin Hospital in southern Illinois.
Using the game console's unique, motion-sensitive controller, Wii games require body movements similar to traditional therapy exercises. But patients become so engrossed mentally they're almost oblivious to the rigor, Osborn said.
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The usual stretching and lifting exercises that help the sick or injured regain strength can be painful, repetitive and downright boring.
In fact, many patients say PT — physical therapy's nickname — really stands for "pain and torture," said James Osborn, who oversees rehabilitation services at Herrin Hospital in southern Illinois.
Using the game console's unique, motion-sensitive controller, Wii games require body movements similar to traditional therapy exercises. But patients become so engrossed mentally they're almost oblivious to the rigor, Osborn said.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Supplement Trends for 2008
11-Feb-2008 - Healthy aging, balanced energy and inflammation are the three core health concerns that consumers try to address with dietary supplements, according to a new report.
The Hartman Group’s Tinderbox on Trends 2008 draws its conclusions through ethnographic research, which includes consumer interviews and observation in the home and in retail outlets.
According to the research group, when a health concern presents itself, most consumers will first examine their diet. When food does not remedy the situation, they look to supplements, preferably from whole foods, to correct and balance their condition.
Supplements most popular with “leading-edge” or “core” consumers were those that addressed aging, energy and inflammation, said Hartman.
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The Hartman Group’s Tinderbox on Trends 2008 draws its conclusions through ethnographic research, which includes consumer interviews and observation in the home and in retail outlets.
According to the research group, when a health concern presents itself, most consumers will first examine their diet. When food does not remedy the situation, they look to supplements, preferably from whole foods, to correct and balance their condition.
Supplements most popular with “leading-edge” or “core” consumers were those that addressed aging, energy and inflammation, said Hartman.
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Weight Lifting Could Keep Diabetes at Bay
A team of researchers has concluded that weight lifting not only helps to burn excess fat, but also helps to prevent diabetes.
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Monday, February 4, 2008
Supplements Could Help Fill UK Nutritional Gap
04/02/2008 - A fifth of adults in the UK ignore nutritional guidelines when it comes to buying food, a survey has revealed, which could further open the door for dietary supplements.
According to the Health Food Manufacturers' Association (HFMA), some 38m adults mistakenly believe potatoes count as one of their "five-a-day" portions of fruit and vegetables.
The shocking statistics open up further potential for the use of supplements to help plug the nutritional blackhole.
HFMA nutritionist, Dr Marilyn Glenville said: "With only 15 per cent of women and 13 per cent of men eating the recommended five-a-day fruit and vegetables, it is important that people are trying to keep themselves in good health by using supplements on a daily basis."
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According to the Health Food Manufacturers' Association (HFMA), some 38m adults mistakenly believe potatoes count as one of their "five-a-day" portions of fruit and vegetables.
The shocking statistics open up further potential for the use of supplements to help plug the nutritional blackhole.
HFMA nutritionist, Dr Marilyn Glenville said: "With only 15 per cent of women and 13 per cent of men eating the recommended five-a-day fruit and vegetables, it is important that people are trying to keep themselves in good health by using supplements on a daily basis."
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Saturday, February 2, 2008
Work Out to Exhaustion -- and Beyond -- With Carnosine
For years, elite athletes and their trainers have known that in order to increase muscle mass and strength, it’s necessary to work muscles to complete exhaustion, since it’s at the brink of muscle failure where the body’s ongoing protein synthesis is put on hold because available adenosine triphosphate (ATP) -- which is critical for protein synthesis -- is fully depleted by the contractions of the exercise. When the exercise ceases at the point of exhaustion, the body over-reacts, signaling muscle cell nuclei to drastically increase protein synthesis. It is thought that this results in super-increase of muscle protein.
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