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If you are obsessed with bodybuilding and hitting the gym regularly, beware of the side effects of protein supplements that you have been consuming regularly with your trainers’ advice.
It might cause serious health complications and lead to cardiac arrest, kidney failure, and brain stroke.
With several youngsters turning to health and fitness and giving a lot of importance to bodybuilding, gyms have been mushrooming across Odisha. Without having proper knowledge about nutrition, gym trainers and employees have turned into nutritionists. They have been allegedly recommending the gym-goers protein supplements of particular brands for good commissions from the concerned companies and stores.
“Our trainer gives guidance and recommends us to take protein supplements of different brands. As per his guidance, we consume those products,” said Chirag Kumar Nag, a gym enthusiast.
Moreover, several nutrition stores have also opened in the State without the required license to cater to the needs of fitness enthusiasts. The gym-goers are also taking tips from owners and salesmen of those stores who don’t have the required knowledge and qualification about nutritionism.
“Knowledge is power. I have an interest in nutritionism and I have gathered knowledge about it from various persons like fitness enthusiasts, bodybuilders, nutritionists, and yoga teachers,” said a protein supplement salesman, who used to give tips to gym-goers.
Several youngsters have been consuming those protein supplements with a desire to build muscles overnight. However, the trainers and salesmen don’t have an iota of experience about the requirement of protein for different body types. Moreover, they don’t have any knowledge whether steroids are present in those protein supplements or not.
Members of the Odisha Gym Owners’ Association have expressed their concern over the growing trend. The association has demanded that the administration should take proper steps to stop the trend which is leading the youth to ruin their health and put their lives in danger.
“We will request the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Commissionerate Police to take necessary action against those drug mafias. They are making people addicted with various protein supplements and subsequently exploiting them by charging exorbitant prices,” said Satyajit Das, President of Odisha Gym Owners’ Association.
As per medical experts, consuming protein supplements without consulting health experts and qualified nutritionists could be dangerous to one’s health. It might cause headache, diarrhoea, nausea, acne outbreaks, stomach aches, weight gain, and bloating. These are some of the short-term adverse effects of protein consumption. Moreover, in the long term, it may be detrimental to one’s body resulting in cardiac arrest, kidney failure and brain stroke.
“Steroids and other compounds are mixed with the protein supplements to build muscles instantly and it has a detrimental effect. Qualified and experienced nutritionists and health experts should be consulted before consuming any protein supplement products,” said cardiologist, Prashant Kumar Sahu.
