Essentials of Nutrition for Sports

Figure 16. Nutritional quackery flags are described in the text.

Red flags for the PRBar product advertised in

Figure 16

include:

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Claim to promote product.

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No scientific proof.

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Dramatic claim, repudiated by science.

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Other factors causing improvement?

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Multi-level marketing/pyramid.

Figure 17. Nutritional quackery flags are described in the text.

Red flags for the Endurox product advertised in

Figure 17

include: •^

Sell word: “natural.”

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Use of key words: “can” or “may,” which mean anything is possible.

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Statements unsupported by science/FDA.

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Most “losing fat” claims are bogus.