Food supplements for Slimming, for muscle building and to increase the performance showed in a new study in children and adolescents is almost three times higher risk of serious medical consequences. The researchers call for more stringent regulations and warnings.
Young people should abstain from certain food supplements rather, as a new study from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in the United States of America. Between January 2004 and April 2015, there was 977 times to adverse events in connection with dietary supplements in children and young adults. About 40 percent of it came to serious consequences such as hospitalization or death.
In the case of preparations for weight reduction, muscle building, and to increase the performance of the risk for serious medical consequences was about three times higher than for vitamin supplements. A dietary Supplement to increase sexual function and bowel cleansing were associated twice as often with serious health problems.
The FDA has already issued countless warnings about such supplements. However, these products are widely used and are used by young people.
For the study, the researchers analyzed the relative risk for serious consequences such as death, disability and hospitalisation in people aged 0 to 25 years, in connection with the use of dietary supplements for weight loss, muscle building or energy boosting, and compared them with incidents that were caused by the vitamins.
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