Comments Thread For: Ariza Rips Conte Over Berto, Conte Issues Statement

[JJRod]

Ariza is such an attention grabber.
Anyone else feel that in a few years he is going to come out with a tell all book, similar to what Conseco did?

[ИATAS]

How do suppliments get "contaminated" with trace amounts of a steroid?

easily. Also some suppliments are damn close in make up of an actual steroid.

American Roulette — Contaminated Dietary Supplements

[...]

In August 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discovered more products, most of them labeled as dietary supplements, that contain a wide variety of undeclared active pharmaceutical ingredients. Now, more than 140 contaminated products have been identified, but these represent only a fraction of the contaminated supplements on the market. Unfortunately, lenient regulatory oversight of dietary supplements, combined with the FDA's lack of resources, has created a marketplace in which manufacturers can introduce hazardous new products with virtual impunity. Although manufacturers have since 2007 been required to report serious supplement-related adverse events to the FDA, the great majority of the estimated 50,000 adverse events that occur annually remain unreported.

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Many contaminated dietary supplements are sold over the Internet, but they have also been found in mainstream retail stores in the United States. Many of the tainted products are manufactured in China, but they have also been produced closer to home. In July 2009, federal agents executed search warrants to investigate allegations that a California-based company, American Cellular Labs, was manufacturing supplements contaminated with anabolic steroids.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp0904768

[ИATAS]

From 2007


Quarter of dietary supplements contain steroids

One quarter of dietary supplements purchased in a recent sampling contained traces of steroids and 11.5 percent had banned stimulants, according to a study to determine whether supplements sold across the United States are really clean.

The study was overseen by Informed-Choice, a nonprofit coalition of dietary supplements, and conducted by a British company, HFL.

HFL bought best-selling brands of a variety of supplements made by companies that were not believed to screen for banned substances as part of their routine quality control process. The study does not reveal the names of the brands or their manufacturers.

Of the 52 supplements that could be analyzed for steroids, 13 showed up with steroid contamination. The result surprised Travis Tygart, the CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, who said no American athlete has tested positive because of supplement contamination since 2004.

"I think it's surprising, and hopefully they'll provide names so this illegal activity can be shut down," Tygart said.

These results come about five years after an International Olympic Committee study that sampled 240 supplements purchased in America and found 18.8 percent of them contained steroids.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22120084/ns/health-health_care/t/quarter-dietary-supplements-contain-steroids/#.T7fX00dgtI4

[heihaci]

Ariza feels threatened by Conte...I wonder why?

[Evol]

All bad for berto.

[breakyourface]

You know Ariza's right, Conte is as crooked as they come. Of course he "aided" Berto

[ИATAS]

You know Ariza's right, Conte is as crooked as they come. Of course he "aided" Berto

not that I'm a fan of Conte, or would want to defend him, but what is the logic of Conte "aiding" berto with illegal peds, while knowing he's being tested by VADA, which is the same origination he started to help clean up the sport?

[Tamis!]

Dang now I'm worried for Nonito Donaire.

[DeadLikeMe]

I'm not convinced Conte had anything to do with Berto's positive test. This was a guy who was already ahead of the curve back in 2000, using high-tech, undetectable PEDs during a time when nandrolone was a popular steroid. And he's giving his fighters that now? In 2012? Nah, don't buy it. This has to do with Berto.

I think that is why Ariza is having a field day with this, he knows that Conte and him are miles ahead of the testers. Now to have a guy fail for this is laughable. He is taking the opportunity to slam his main competitor in their field. None of their guys should have had a result like that, so Ariza is laughing his ass off at it.

That is my assessment. I also think over 70% of all top level professional athletes are on banned and/or undetectable PEDs.

[jessyjboxer]

Conte, Legit?

Everyone saw this coming, except Berto and Donaire. Too bad for Berto now he has to pay the consequences.