Sketchy Ingredients in Dietary Supplements

Sketchy Ingredients in Dietary Supplements

When it comes to cutting-edge ingredients, sports nutrition has a history of having questionable and sketchy ingredients in dietary supplements. Prohormones, 1,3-dimethyamylamine (DMAA) and selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) are infamous examples of...
FDA Republishes Import Alert for Kratom

FDA Republishes Import Alert for Kratom

This week the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) republishes an import alert for Kratom, providing guidance to its field personnel to detain dietary supplements and bulk dietary ingredients at U.S. borders. Also known as Mitragyna speciosa, kratom is a...
Banned Stimulants Again Found in Supplements

Banned Stimulants Again Found in Supplements

A number of weight loss and sports supplements were found to contain cocktails of banned and unapproved stimulants, including one dangerous stimulant FDA ordered manufacturers to stop using years ago. According to a study by Pieter Cohen, MD, of Harvard Medical School...
FDA Seizes New Imported Dietary Supplements

FDA Seizes New Imported Dietary Supplements

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert and seizes new imported dietary and sports supplements. The agency published an import alert impacting the $50 billion-a-year dietary supplement industry, news that a Washington, D.C.-based lawyer and two...