Performance Enhancing Drugs | Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements Are Dangerous

Gwen Knapp is a sports journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Source: Athletes are using dietary supplements purchased from health-food stores to boost their athletic performance. Many of these products are advertised as having the same effects on muscle development as prescription-only performance-enhancing drugs, and studies have shown that some supplements convert to illicit steroids once ingested. Supplement use has been linked to the deaths of several athletes, who exceeded the recommended dosages or mixed their intake of supplements...

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