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• Title:Muscles, speed & lies : what the sport supplement industry does not want athletes or consumers to know / David Lightsey.
  
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• Variant Title:Muscles, speed and lies
  
• Author/Creator:Lightsey, David.
  
• Published/Created:Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, ©2006.
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QT260 .L54 2006
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QT260 .L54 2006
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Doping in sports.
  Dietary supplements industry.
  
• Medical Subjects: Doping in Sports
  
• Description:xi, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  
• Summary:Answers questions about the benefits of dietary supplements and performance enhancing drugs and discusses claims made by the supplement industry which is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781592289127
  1592289126
  
• Contents:Fleecing and swindling: deception in the supplement industry
  Media distortions and false advertising
  Vitamins and minerals: the three nutrient balance mechanisms
  Antioxidants: "magic bullets." or more deception?
  Protein and muscle mass: how much is enough?
  Carbohydrates and water: the real ergogenic aids
  Body composition and weight control: a reality check
  Practical applications: putting it together.