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Running head: Article Review 1 Article Review Athletics and Herbal Supplements By David Senchina Ashley Wold Capella University

Article Review 2 The Article, Athletics and Herbal Supplements by Davis Senchina, discusses the market of herbal supplements, popularity and uses of certain supplements with in the athletic community, the efficiency and health concerns prompting supplement use. According to Senchina (2013) “In 2011 herbal supplements grossed $5.3 billion dollars in the United states and had an increase the following year of 4.5%.” Among popular consumers are athletes, who use supplements due to the ideas of enhancing performance, increase stamina and lessening recovery time. However, Senchina (2013) explains that “Athletes, may ignore the advice of medical professionals and use the supplements for reasons other than the intended purpose. Athletes are sacrificing health benefits for performance benefits, misunderstanding the side effects and because the supplement is deemed “natural” it is safe.” There are currently no regulations of herbal supplements and they can be sold without FDA approval in the united states. Senchina (2013) states that “17 to 61% of athletes report the use of herbal supplements but due to few studies addressing the topic and supplements being regulated to an “other” category, which leave specific supplements unreported, there are many discrepancies in the findings.” Few of the studies shown in this article include that of ginseng and echinacea. The studies showed that the use of

Article Review 3 supplements may improve human health and performance, but many factors influenced the overall benefits. Senchina (2013) shows that exercise can modify the effects that are cell- and body site specific and that using different species of echinacea also has different effects in the body.” Herbal supplements are currently unregulated in the United States due to the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994. Dietary supplements can be distributed without the approval of the FDA, if they were marketed before 1994. The FDA regulates the manufacturing practices, the FDA may review for safety but has no authority to approve a product. I feel people will choose to believe what they want despite what others say. If you market a product, let’s say for arguments sake, weight loss supplements, with enough good publicity and reviews but the product has been proven to cause some negative side effects, some are still going to choose to take those products regardless of the evidence stating the health risks. I feel products should be tested more, just so people know the risks involved but people will still choose the intended benefit over the health risk and ultimately be a waste of resources and money. The article Herbal Supplements: Considerations for the Athletic Trainer by Andrew Winterstein and Cordial Storrs gives a lot of the same information on dietary supplements. The article goes into more depth of the health risks involved

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