Increase in Reports of Toxicity from Fat Burning Supplement Seen in UK

Poisons centres in the United Kingdom have seen a sharp increase in reports of toxicity from a fat burning supplement called 2,4 dinitrophenol (DNP). The supplement, used by body builders and dieters, is not licensed for medicinal use but is available on the internet. The benzene based chemical was originally used in the manufacture of… Read More

22/11/201320/11/2013 by Andrew Marshall

UK Regulator Warns of Problems Associated with Sports Supplement

The UK medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has warned about serious liver and heart problems associated with the sport dietary supplement OxyElite Pro. In 2012 the agency warned against using an earlier formulation of the product. Now it says the new formulation contains aegeline, a substance linked to 56 cases of acute hepatitis in… Read More

01/08/201329/07/2013 by Andrew Marshall

Supplement Use Among US Special Forces

Research Paper Title Nutrition Knowledge and Supplement Use Among Elite U.S. Army Soldiers. Background A US Army Special Forces (SF) unit was studied to determine the characteristics of supplement users, assess nutrition knowledge and identify nutrition information sources. Methods SF-qualified (n = 119) and non-SF, support soldiers (n = 38) participated. Results Most soldiers (87%)… Read More

19/03/2013 by Andrew Marshall

Do Supplements Improve Our health?

Over 40% of us regularly take at least one vitamin or mineral supplement, but do they really improve our health, or are they just money down the drain? Matt Lovell, performance nutritionist and Ambassador for Kinetica Sports explains. Read more at: Do Supplements improve our health? (repsuk.wordpress.com)