Integrity Blog

Amendments to the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) will assist anti-doping organisations manage cases of potential clenbuterol meat contamination and ensure that cases are managed fairly for all athletes.

Potential doping products often become available to athletes via internet sites with little evidence available as to their action within humans.

Sport Integrity Australia recognises the crucial role parents play in helping children achieve their sporting goals and also in protecting their children from the potential pitfalls.

Blocked nose? Feeling lousy? Thinking of taking a cold and flu tablet? Be careful.

How a popular weight-loss supplement almost cost Matt Whitby his life.

Q&A with Sports Dietitian Australia’s Jessica Rothwell

Promoted as the magic pill for weight loss, weight gain, or as a contributor for maximum sporting performance – while the darker side to supplements is often ignored.

There appears to be an increasing number of athletes linked to the use of the Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM) Ligandrol (LGD-4033).

Athletes are blinded by perceived short-term gains and neglect the long-term health impacts, according to Dr David Hughes.

GW1516, also known as GW501516, Cardarine and Endurobol, was originally developed in the 1990s as a treatment for diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. It was discontinued in 2007 after it was linked to the rapid development of cancer during trials on mice.

There is a misconception that dietary supplements are safe to use. Here are the common supplement myths and the truths that athletes need to know.

Supplements are the “sprinkles on the icing on the cake” after all other performance factors are considered, says the Chief of Nutrition Strategy at the AIS, Professor Louise Burke.

A 2016 survey found that of 67 common Australian supplements analysed, almost one in five contained banned substances.

Steroids can have a serious impact on a man’s ability to have a family, according to Dr Susan White, the Chair of the Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee (ASDMAC).