Teenage Supplement Abuse: Who’s at Fault?
In early 2016 the Wall Street Journal published an article calling out the sports nutrition industry for what they call, “marketing to minors.” They claim that manufacturers are dooping young athletes into using their products. I’m not sure where they are getting their information or basing such an outlandish claim, but I can’t see it being any further from the truth. So, who’s at fault when it comes to teenage supplement abuse?
Walk a mile in my shoes and quit pretending like you know about teenage supplement abuse
I’ve been in the supplement industry for about ten years now. I’ve been involved on the marketing side creating copy and ads for publications and websites, I’ve been face to face with consumers at trade shows, I’ve been selling products directly to retailers, and everything in between. To give you an example of just how serious the industry takes their products and safety when it comes to minors and teenage supplement abuse — at the trade shows that I was always present at, booths and manufacturers were not permitted to give out any supplements to minors who looked to be under the age of eighteen, even if they were accompanied by their parent or guardian.
Throughout the years I’ve seen what’s gone on in the industry and quite frankly, this pointing of the finger by the WSJ is uncalled for and the black-eye that ensued was not justified. Maybe we should start writing articles about how the WSJ publishes articles based off a lack of evidence and pushes it as if it were gospel to create a buzz so they can sell stories to their readers? That seems to be what’s going on here with teenage supplement abuse articles. Maybe they need to be held under the microscope for “telling tales”? This kind of unexcused witch-hunt journalism from the Wall Street Journal is appalling and makes good journalists and writers lumped into the same category as some of the low-lives in the industry.
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