The global market of sports nutrition is growing a steady pace. Sport supplements are used more an more by active sport people as espescially by more conserned athletes. However, there is one major trend that is interesting to note.

Sports supplements are usedby more and more people.

The greatest reason for market growth lately has been the [...]

Doug Barron, an American professional golf player, has tested positive for doping. He is the first golfer that is being temporarily banned for using performance enhancing substances.
Since the testing was started on July 2008 there has not been positive test results since now. Barron has been banned for one year for breaking the PGA anti-doping [...]

According to Jamaican Amateur Athletics Federation, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission, and the International Amateur Athletics Federation five Jamaican athletes who were to be on the team for next month’s World Championships have tested positive for doping.
An Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport has named the give athletes. According to them they are Yohan Blake training partner [...]

Brawl Nutrition is an Atlanta based sports nutrition company that designs and sells their sport supplement products especially to Mixed Martial Artists.
“We are sick of watching bodybuilding supplement companies take their tired, ineffective product lines and market them to MMA fighters. Many of these supplements decrease flexibility and stamina which are critical to fighter’s [...]

On 15th June Times Online published an article about body shaping, a dangerous new trend where people use anabolic steroids to get their body pumped up faster. The exact number of not known but the use has moved from professional athletes to ordinary people.
“Our best indication comes from syringe exchange schemes. We know that more [...]

The Russian skier, sprint specialist Natalia Matvejeva has been caught using doping. The urine sample which Matvejeva gave in Whistler last January has been found to contain EPO hormone.
Erythropoietin (EPO) hormone increases the production and concentration of red blood cells and haemoglobin in the blood. This leads to increased aerobic endurance. Too high epo levels [...]

The legendary wrestler and current wrestling coach from Iowa State - Cael Sanderson - is marketing a new sport nutrition drink for wrestlers. The drink is called Undefeated, and it was developed by Sanderson and mixed martial arts fighter and nutrition expert Randy Couture.
There are four different types of Undefeated drink available. They are called [...]

Recently a bunch of NFL players were banned casue their blood samples contained prohibited diuretic, bumetanide. The diuretic can be used as a masking agent for steroids. Now a new law suit is filed, asking the banned players to be allowed finish the season.
The new lawsuit, filed by the National Football League Players Association, states [...]

Bio-Engineered Supplements & Nutrition makes its profits by selling weight-loss and energy-boosting products e.g. Endorush and Astro-Phex. This summer BSN paid roughly ten million dollars for a three-year sponsorship with UFC.
By associating the company with UFC — which draws three million male viewers ages 18 to 49 to a fight — the head hopes BSN [...]