Herbal and Performance Enhancing Supplements

John Mamana
  

• Introduction
• General confusion - Supplemented vitamins and minerals vs. Performance enhancing supplements
• Dietary Supplement Health Education Act
• Dangers of self-regulation – are you getting what you’re paying for?
• Mis-ingredients and mis-information
• Human Growth Hormone mythology
• Natural contributors to our longevity
• Multivitamins and Anti-oxidants – the platform for general health supplementation
• Dangers of fish
• The question of flax seed? Omega 6 vs. Omega 3?
• Challenges and importance of distilling down the oil
• Fish oil supplements vs. contaminated fish?
• True organic farming in the US – is it still possible?
• What can we eat to help our body defend against toxins?
• Vitamin D and B-complex vitamin shortage in the US
• An apple a day still keeps the doctor away
• What can today’s personal trainer learn from the hard lessons of anti-biotics in the health care industry?
• Long-term dangers of short-term performance enhancement – What are the ultimate costs of the pressures to achieve?