Health experts warn that teenagers who want to have the ideal body shape so as not to get stuck on the sports supplement products. Many teens view sports supplements is a shortcut to improve the quality of the performance of the body.
Researchers from the University of Canberra and Queensland's Griffith University interviewed 900 athletes aged between 12-17 years, and found about 4 percent of those using drugs to enhance performance and appearance.
One-third of teens using nutritional supplements that are legal, most of them take supplements in an attempt to have broader shoulders, six pack abs, and success in the field of sports performance.
In this regard, health experts say supplements are not only expensive but also very ineffective for teenagers as well as having their own dangers.
Nutritionist Jenny O'Dea said that the benefits of sports supplements for reasons teens say is just a myth.
"They think these supplements will burn fat, build muscle mass overnight, and they think it will attract the attention of girls and unbeaten in the sports field," said O'Dea quoted by ABC Australia, Friday (11/07/2014) .
Supplement products are often used by teenagers among them is protein powder and creatine. Through survey O'Dea do alone, he found 25% of 1,000 adolescents aged 10 to 12 years had been taking sports supplements.
President of the Queensland branch of Sports Medicine Australia, Julie Gilbert says eating too much protein has effects that are harmful to the body.
"High-protein diet are at risk of making calcium is not absorbed by the body and disposed of through urine, it will have an impact on bone strength. In addition, we also know the high-protein diet has an effect on the kidneys, so I guess it should not be assorted to the intake of adolescents who are still grow, "added Gilbert.
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