There are so many supplements out there that claim to make your workout better, and just as many that say they can help you shed those pesky pounds faster and easier.
But do they really work? And are they safe?
In this day and age, with all the athletes getting caught using performance enhancing drugs (PEDs), you want to make sure you're getting what you pay for.
It's confusing, to be sure. What can you make of this dizzying world of potions, pills, and powders?
Melanie Cole, MS, and Dr. Andrew Gregory, MD, help you sort out the fact from the fiction in the wide, wide world of sport supplements.
Supplements for Exercise & Weight Loss
So many supplements claim to help you lose weight faster. Do they really work?
Additional Info
- Segment Number: 4
- Audio File: train_your_body/1335tb2d.mp3
- Featured Speaker: Andrew JM Gregory, MD, FAAP, FACSM
- Organization: ACSM
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Guest Bio:
Andrew JM Gregory, MD, FAAP, FACSM is an Associate Professor of Orthopedics & Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is the Program Director, and the Vanderbilt Pediatric Sports Medicine Fellowship Team Physician, USA Volleyball, Nashville Sounds, Vanderbilt & Belmont Universities & Hillsboro High School.
Dr. Gregory completed his undergraduate training at Indiana University and his medical training at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He then finished a pediatric residency at the University of Alabama in Birmingham before his fellowship in Primary Care Sports Medicine at the American Sports Medicine Institute. He joined the Vanderbilt Faculty in August 2001 where he sees pediatric sports medicine patients in the Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Center and the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Pediatric Orthopedic Clinic. - Length (mins): 10
- Waiver Received: No
- Host: Melanie Cole, MS
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