The Worrying Truth About Your Supplements

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Should you be concerned about your supplements?

In truth, yes. Your supplements might not contain the ingredients that you think they do. This means any triathlete, runner or cyclist should be considering their sports supplements, and if they're thinking about taking their supplements to help their endurance performance, perhaps during a triathlon, they need to be careful.

A new study (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35947382/) investigated some commonly purchased supplements to see what they contained. Incredibly, they found that some of them didn't contain ingredients that were listed, and some contained ingredients that weren't listed on the labels.

In reality no supplement is without risk. Unfortunately supplements are not regulated like medicines, and are instead regulated under food law. So if you're considering supplements for a triathlon, like creatine, beta alanine, caffeine, or even carbohydrate based supplements to help fuel a triathlon, you have to keep this in mind. It's your responsibility to understand the risks around supplements and to take responsibility for it. In this video I talk about supplements and how triathletes can navigate them.

This doesn't just apply to triathletes either. If you're considering the best supplements for runners, or perhaps the best supplements for cyclists, the same principles apply. Are supplements for endurance sports worth it? Maybe. Very few of them have clear proven benefits, and so it's really important to weight up the risks. Your day to day nutrition is going to be far more important, and optimising for things like sleep and rest are going to be far more influential.

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Hi! I'm James. I'm a Sport and Exercise Nutritionist and I make videos on nutrition to give people simple, clear and easy to use information on a range of subjects. I focus on triathlon and how triathletes can use nutrition to help properly fuel their training and racing.

In my day job I work as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in General Practice, or Family Medicine for those of you not in the UK, and work in a busy NHS GP practice. I'm a Specialist Paramedic by background and have full independent medicine prescribing rights.

Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Family Medicine, BSc, PGCert
Registered sport and exercise Nutritionist (SENr)
Advanced Diploma of Nutrition, MSc Sport and Exercise Nutrition
Nutrition Consultant for Hurry The Food Up
Great Britain Age Group Triathlete
Qualified L2 British Triathlon Coach

I am not affiliated or sponsored by any brands, companies or products that I mentioned or show in my videos. My aim is to make these videos free from any sort of bias!

These videos shouldn't be taken as direct, personal advice on medicine or nutrition but more for information purposes based on the latest research and evidence. Unless otherwise clearly stated, this information is more suited to adults as under 18s have different requirements and considerations. I'm happy to answer any questions you might have as an individual though!

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