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Table 1 Supplements taken by high performance UK athletes (in alphabetical order)

From: Supplement use in sport: is there a potentially dangerous incongruence between rationale and practice?

Listed by product/brand names

Listed by components/contents

Ache Free, Cyclone, Build Up, Green Magic, Herbalife, Hydroxycut, Immune Support, Kalms, Lactibiane, Leppin, Lucozade, Met-Rx, Minadex, Mega EPA, MSN, Multibionta, Musashi Protein, Qlo, Slim Fast, SportsFlex, Vitabalance

Aloe Vera, Alpha-lipoic Acid, Amino Acids, Arnica, Black strap molasses, Calcium, Calendula, Carbohydrate & recovery drinks, C-Glutamine, Chinese Tea, Chromium, Chondroitin, CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), Cod liver oil, Coenzyme Q10, Colostrum, Cranberry juice tablets, Digestive enzymes, Dried skimmed milk powder, Echinacea tea bags, Electrolytes, Evening primrose oil, Ferrous gluconate, Fish oils, Flax seed oil, Folic acid, Garlic capsules, Glucosomine, Harpagophytum procumbens, Hydroxybetamethylbutyrate, L-Carnitine, L-Glutamine, Maitake mushroom, Matltodextrin/Aspartame, meal replacement, Multi Mineral Supplements, Olbas Oil, Protein drinks, Selenium, Soya protein, Starflower oil, Sumpast, Tribulous Terrestris, Vitamin B, B combined with Forceval capsules, Vitamin B complex, Vitamin D and E, Zinc