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My 15-year-old son wants to start taking pre-workout before his travel basketball games. Is this safe?
Most pre-workout formulas contain stimulant levels that are simply too high for developing athletes, and many include ingredients that haven't been studied in adolescents at all.
My recommendation: skip the pre-workout for now, choose a NSF Certified for Sport protein, and focus on meal timing around practice.
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I'm a competitive amateur cyclist. I've been reading about BPC-157 for recovery. Is it WADA compliant?
BPC-157 is a synthetic peptide derived from human gastric juice, showing promising regenerative properties in preclinical studies for tendon, muscle and bone healing. However, rigorous, large-scale human clinical trials are lacking, and it is not FDA-approved, often classified as an unapproved, banned substance by WADA.