The topic of supplements can be controversial. So where should fitness professionals stand on the matter, when the consequences can mean losing a client or suffering a reputational hit?
In 2016 the world’s largest dietary supplement maker, GNCHoldings Inc, paid over $2million to avoid prosecution over its alleged sale of illegal pills and powders.
Doubtless linked to that is the figure in the US of 20,000 (the number of trips to A&E every year attributed to dietary supplements).
Interestingly, however, a not unreasonable suggestion to ban dietary supplements as a result of this is often met with horror.