Many men and women bodybuilders have a penchant for taking vitamin supplements to enhance their bodies during bodybuilding. If a bodybuilder is interested in putting on muscle, maintaining health or developing strength, supplements may add to this effort by enriching the person’s body with nutrients. According to the law though, dietary supplements must have vitamins, minerals, enzymes or other approved substances inside of the supplement. Sometimes a supplement has been laced with a prescription drug or illegal substances from foreign countries which are not approved by the FDA. How would you know about this? It is necessary to read the labels, and do some research on the dangers of some of the ingredients listed on the label. The laws re not vague regarding what is allowed to be in a supplement, but companies manufacturing supplements will hide ingredients in their products which may be against the law. There are also many manufacturers of supplements who will market the pills to perform a certain way if taken regularly. These claims are usually false, since it is practically impossible to guarantee performance as the result of taking a supplement.
The products which usually guarantee “performance” are targeted toward men. The commercials for these types of products show men participating in adventure sports, living the high life, having energy and enjoying leisure time in sports active pursuit. Some supplements may have active ingredients which include sildenafil, which is the active ingredient also found in Viagra or some weight loss drugs.
Foreign distributors are problematic for this type of issue because some of them use illegal substances as fillers in the supplements that they import. It is difficult to determine the identity of these suppliers, since many of them have websites which on the face of them seem completely legitimate. Just because someone has a strong website touting a product, it is still important to do some checking around and ask the hard questions as to what is exactly in the supplement so that you will know what you are ingesting when you take them. Some of these supplements can have devastating side effects which can injure the person taking the supplement. There have been some cases where bodybuilders and other weightlifters have died from consuming supplements with banned substances in them. The FDA is more diligent with testing supplements to see that they are safe and free from any major side effects. It is important to read the labels on any supplements being taken and to only buy from reputable distributors. Also remember, when you see a commercial on television or cable, or see and ad in a muscle magazine for a supplement, do not assume that your results using the supplement will be identical. If you read the small print, you will see that the average person’s results are “not typical” which is part of the small print in every ad.
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