BBC Panorama : The Truth about Sports Products...

This one hour BBC Panorama programme which was first shown last July looks at the various claims made about sports products.

It starts off with sports drinks, then running shoes and finishes with nutritional supplements. In each case, the direct evidence for supporting manufacturers claims is poor. In one study of Marathon runners, they found that there was no performance difference between those who drank a sports drink and those who just drank water.


As with all YouTube clips, watch it sooner rather than later. Video clips of TV programmes are often deleted. Worth watching.

BBC Programme dispels sports drinks claims...

In a recent Panorama programme on BBC, they looked at the claims made by the manufacturers of sports drinks and how they claimed to boost performance. In essence, these claims were found to they were found to be false. The various sports stars endorsing the products do so because they are sponsored, not because they actually believe the stuff works.

There is a clip about it on BBC HERE

There was also a six minute discussion about it on Newstalk on Frinday morning......listen from 43:30 to 49:20