The Bottom Line (Youth Protein Supplements)

[tim-from-pa]

The medical/pharmaceutical world ought to just be glad these kids are trying to take care of themselves (my youngest son does this) instead of moaning and nagging as is common with this generation.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/ExerciseFitness/36005

Here's the crux of the article:

Nonetheless, "pediatricians and other healthcare providers should ask their adolescent patients about muscle-enhancing behaviors," they advised. "Healthcare providers should counsel adolescent patients about appropriate exercise, general nutrition, and the lack of efficacy and potential dangers of muscle-enhancement products."

I don't know what "efficacy" means as that word does not exist. I think they meant "efficiency" but we are supposed to take the health advice of someone who can't even speak right?

Face it. The problem is that 1) Like the government, they just want to tell the kids what to do, and 2) When these kids come across happy, healthy and full of muscles, it blows away their erroneous "eat lots of whole grains, fruits and vegetables" meatless vegan agenda loaded with carbs. They rather your kid was a skinny rail to satisfy some bogus BMI formula. Then, when they are unhealthy following the doctor's advice, they can go on some sort of medication. But... that's just my opinion :D (but not all that far-fetched).

(And yeah, yeah, they been warning me of the "dangers" of vitamins, too for the last 35 years and here I am hardly ever at the doctors while others my age are on several medications and sicker than ever.)

Frankly, I'm proud of generation Y and these young people trying to take better care of themselves. My oldest lost a lot of weight on protein (meat) and veggies and cutting the carbs, and the younger is a muscle-bound man capable of turning any female head. These "experts" (who can't even spell right) really ought to get a grip and mind their own business, maybe get a real job.

 

[eng35]

Efficacy means capacity to produce a desired result. I didn't know what it meant either, so not trying to criticize. I don't think you and I took away the same points from this article. The author was not condemning protein consumption or admonishing strict vegetarian type dieting, he was simply warning against the dangers of workout enhancing supplements. While not all supplements are dangerous, there are a fair few that are. If you don't watch what supplements you put in your body then you may end up looking like Ronnie Coleman, but you'll also have to carry around a tackle-box full of pills to take care of all your organs, as many body builders do. Even those that aren't dangerous will jack you up if you don't take them correctly. Take creatine for example. If you take a monohydrate and drink about a gallon of water a day you'll be fine. If you are like a lot of people who add creatine to their diet and don't increase their water consumption then your kidneys will be shot by the time you're 50.