... are foods, drinks, herbs and other supplements which are said to improve and increase strength endurance and overall performance. Mechanical aids improve energy efficiency and skill developments. Pharmacological aids represent a wide range of designer hormones and transmitter substances. Last but not least the Psychological aids improve mental strength to cope with stress of competing or winning etc. All these different substances come in foods, powders, pills etc and are said to provide athletes with a stronger and overall better performance. There are many out comes from different drugs such as increase of muscle mass and strength, weight loss, faster recovery, prolonged endurance but also illnesses, sport bans etc. There are many different athletes who use these wide ranges of supplements. They vary from swimmers, body builders, triathletes, footballers, weight lifters, runners, surfers, gymnasts, snooker players and many more. The supplements are used for many reasons such as to ...

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