My dad gave me a call early this morning. At one point in the conversation, he went off on this tangent: it is well documented that bodybuilding supplements are linked to kidney failure. I asked him for his source, he stated he watched this earlier on the news, gave me the time, channel etc. So I'm curious and decide to look this headline up for myself. Here is what I found...
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( My comments in parentheses )
Teen Shopping for SupplementsMany companies selling the products have bypassed parents altogether and are marketing them to teens directly.
"The model of tobacco companies is what many companies are following." said Dr. Jordan Metzl of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. "I think it is really frightening."
When 17-year-old football player Aaron Ryel was tired of getting tackled, he went on the Internet and immediately found ads for body-building supplements.
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Who would have ever thought a football player would be tackled 
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His parents were aware that the high school senior spent around $1,000 on the supplements (
umm, timeframe?) and used them to increase his weight from 164 pounds to 210.
"We just asked him if it was safe and made sure there were no side effects," said his father, Rick Ryel. "We didn't tell him he could do it; we didn't tell him he couldn't."
But doctors point out kidney failure and other complications have already been linked to body-bulking supplements (
a) references? citations? figures? b) what the f*ck is a 'body-bulking' supplement? )
"Many companies are looking primarily at their bottom line, (
no shit, what competitive industry doesn't?) and they really don't care much about health issues," Metzl said. (
supplements are designed to improve health and fitness in conjunction with a balanced diet and exercise.).
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To be honest I'm speechless. I don't even know where to begin...
I mean seriously, there is no detail, no references, no distinction between the vast array of products you will find in any supplement store (Vitamin C to Whey Protein to Creatine Monohydrate to hormone analogs, I mean they are all "bodybuilding" aids). Just blanket generalizations
I can't believe this would even be published in a high school newspaper, let alone national headline news!
