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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Damon Cronshaw

'It is a marketing construct': the truth about sports supplements

Dr Emma Beckett said these supplements are often "promoted to us by sportspeople". Picture by Simon McCarthy

Marketing hype and trendiness can trick people into believing that sports gels, drinks and protein powders are needed for exercise and muscle gain, University of Newcastle molecular nutritionist Emma Beckett says.

Dr Beckett examined the latest research on sports supplements with Dr Patrice Jones, a researcher at Victoria University's Institute for Health and Sport.

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