Doping and diets

[KeithCycles]

Pros are built of iron, but still need a little push! What do you guys/girls think of this? http://www.wowfreestuff.co.uk/free-racing-greens-sample/ Yes or no? Never heard of it but was sent it in my emails today.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Pros are built of iron, but still need a little push! What do you guys/girls think of this? http://www.wowfreestuff.co.uk/free-racing-greens-sample/ Yes or no? Never heard of it but was sent it in my emails today.

Can't find a single result in intergooglewebs.

This was the result

 

[spen666]

Being precise with diet has nothing to do with, nor is linked to doping in any way - neither for that matter is use of supplements ie: proteins

Aren't Lance et all just toping up their diets with ahem...supplements

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Aren't Lance et all just toping up their diets with ahem...supplements

No. The post you quoted addressed this

 

[david k]

Been talking this one over with a few friends [yes I have some] and we can't really decide.
At what point do the [very] special diets of professional sportsmen and women start to drift into the territory of simply being drugs by another channel ?
After all an athlete is low on xyz so the trainer says 'oh we'll increase your intake of whatever to make up the levels'. Note we are not talking about just a good healthy diet here but the 'scientific' measured checked and analysed intake of the professional athlete.
Ok you don't get the instant 'hit' and the effects take a little longer but basically the chemicals are simply being ingested in another form.
High protein drinks are a mild [and not ideal] example but at what point does this start to drift into 'doping'?

Yes, many people think it's a clean line, it's not, when does a supplement become an illegal drug?
Caffeine was banned in rugby at a certain level, how many peop,e have a couple of strong coffees in the morning to get them going or a red bull to recover from a hangover? Doping for work lol!!

I think most dopers start and probably finish with 'enhanced' legal drugs

 

[FishFright]

If you pay for it you can get it. I know my iron and haemoglobin are low as I've been tested for other stuff. Pro's get full checkups - it's part of their job, and a responsible 'employer/sponsor' will make sure their 'asset' is at peak condition.

Sky go all into this ensuring the riders get all sorts of care on and off the bike, own bedding, own cooks etc.

It always amazes me that given how pro teams go so far to protect/exploit there riders yet are totally ignorant of any doping a rider may do without their knowledge

 

[FishFright]

I'd need a permanent TUE because I take a prescription diuretic every day. Nothing wrong with the drug in itself because it's not performance enhancing. Its misuse, however, is - when athletes take it as a flush-away the evidence masking drug. So I'd argue the case for use vs misuse on what you'd probably classify as a bypass drug here.

I also take a prescription diuretic every day everyday and i find it switches off my thirst and or trained reflex to take regular sips of water when riding. the Dr's deny this being a side effect but I don't know anyone else who takes them daily to compare it with .

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I also take a prescription diuretic every day everyday and i find it switches off my thirst and or trained reflex to take regular sips of water when riding. the Dr's deny this being a side effect but I don't know anyone else who takes them daily to compare it with .

Interesting. I've never been good at drinking while riding so I can't say I've noticed the difference. However, I do seem to always have a well moist mouth, even when I should logically be feeling thirsty. Dry mouths appear to have become a thing of the past. Perhaps the diuretic encourages the body to use up liquids via saliva as well as all the other ways.