<p>Melbourne: More than one-third of sport supplements available online in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/australia">Australia</a> contained substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), according to a survey commissioned by the national doping watchdog.</p><p>The survey tested 200 products including amino acids, protein powders and others marketed as "muscle builders" and "fat burners", Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) said.</p><p>The tests, run by Human and Supplements Testing Australia, found 35 per cent of the products contained substances listed on WADA's banned list.</p><p>"Athletes need to understand that using supplements always carries risk," SIA Chief Science Officer Dr Naomi Speers said in a statement on Wednesday.</p>.<p>"Products marketed for fat burning, muscle building or pre-workout are particularly risky."</p><p>The survey found 57 per cent of the products that had WADA-banned substances did not list them on labels on their packaging or websites.</p><p>Five of the products lacked any unique identification on their labels, making them non-compliant with local laws for food and therapeutic labelling.</p><p>Sports supplements containing banned substances triggered Australia's biggest case of mass doping in professional sport.</p><p>Thirty-four Australian Rules footballers at the Melbourne-based Essendon Bombers club were found guilty in 2016 of taking banned substances during a club-led supplements programme, with most players given two-year suspensions.</p>
<p>Melbourne: More than one-third of sport supplements available online in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/australia">Australia</a> contained substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), according to a survey commissioned by the national doping watchdog.</p><p>The survey tested 200 products including amino acids, protein powders and others marketed as "muscle builders" and "fat burners", Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) said.</p><p>The tests, run by Human and Supplements Testing Australia, found 35 per cent of the products contained substances listed on WADA's banned list.</p><p>"Athletes need to understand that using supplements always carries risk," SIA Chief Science Officer Dr Naomi Speers said in a statement on Wednesday.</p>.<p>"Products marketed for fat burning, muscle building or pre-workout are particularly risky."</p><p>The survey found 57 per cent of the products that had WADA-banned substances did not list them on labels on their packaging or websites.</p><p>Five of the products lacked any unique identification on their labels, making them non-compliant with local laws for food and therapeutic labelling.</p><p>Sports supplements containing banned substances triggered Australia's biggest case of mass doping in professional sport.</p><p>Thirty-four Australian Rules footballers at the Melbourne-based Essendon Bombers club were found guilty in 2016 of taking banned substances during a club-led supplements programme, with most players given two-year suspensions.</p>