Dathan can you hear me? wrote:
Is Dathan on this shit now?
How do you know he hasn't been for a long time? How do you most of the top runners are not? Is it illegal? Is it beneficial (even as a placebo)?
If the answers are no and yes respectively then the answer you should really ask is why the f#ck wouldn't they be taking it?
And they only reason I would say they shouldn't is because they might not know the long term side affects which could be dangerous. Just like too much soy, milk, OJ or anything. I tend to be very skeptical of anything put together in labs or factories simply because I know that the producers of all those products are only concerned with $$$ and not my health. But that is just me, and that doesn't mean that the runners taking these supplements are doing is unethical AT ALL.
In fact, one could argue that doing the research on the physiology and biology of how the body works and responds to stress, hard work and the role of nutrients and recovery is just plain smart. Not doing it and not understanding it is ignorant. Understanding it, and choosing not to take advantage of it (if it IS legal) is a personal choice and many would see that as foolish.
Again I would lean to the side of getting it naturally and not from pills or powder that can contain other crap that is bad for you either in the short or long term. But I'd still try to get it in.