EPO, the alleged performance enhancing drug (PED) of choice of former Tour de France 7 time champ Lance Armstrong, does not work, study shows

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                                    Study Participants Climbing up Mt. Ventoux, one of toughest climb
                                                          at Tour de France

                                        Lance Armstrong -   not a cheat after all? What happens next

From The Telegraph UK - EPO which cost Lance Armstrong 7 TDF titles does not work

Fellow kapadyaks were discussing that EPO (erythropoietin) the  drug of choice of former 7 times champ of Tour de France Lance Armstrong does not work, study shows. Lance was stripped of his title and faces the possibility of $100 million lawsuit from the US govt (UPS one of Lance sponsors)   The experiment, which involved riding up the famous difficult  Mt. Ventoux . The control group which took the placebo (no EPO)  actually rode faster than the EPO group

This is in stark contrast to a 2007 study from Sports Scientists which shows 50% increase in performance by athletes using EPO.

EPO is hormone  that enhances the production of RBC is risky because the athlete can develop clots and strokes and other fatal health problems

Experts think that the placebo effect that the drug was working was more psychological than real, after all. for Lance and other users, according to Adam Cohen, the first author of this study

What is the implication of the result of this study?   Will EPO use be allowed in athletic competition once again?  Will the ruling bodies of the cycling association restore the titles to Lance Armstrong?  Once again the halo on Lance head, the crown is beginning to reappear?

                                             No longer the correct image?

Is Coffee a Performance Enhancing Drug (PED)?

The "Food Pharmacy" by Jean Carper on Caffeine as Performance Enchancer

 



 


Caffeine is not just in coffee!


I uaed to wonder as to why famous local PHL energy drinks contain so much caffeine ( 133 mg up to equivalent of 4 cups) and why an author on cycling,  Dr. Arnie Baker recommends drinking coffee before a TT.?  Cafffeine is not just in coffee;  so much of it in energy drinks..(together with Ginseng, ginko giloba, and taurine)

Now I you know.

Caffeine as performance enhancer?

It was found out from page  172 of Carper's book that caffeine is a form of  PED? that caffeine in coffee improves endurance of individuals vs. fatigue.  It improves the amount of time we can perform physically exhausting work.  Thus competitive cyclists given 330 mg of caffeine pedaled 7% harder and endured 20% longer without them noticing it.

                                   Competitive Recyclists climbing Sampaloc Tanay

For other sports in  a study of 80 subjects, 250 mg of caffeine resulted in the following:

 Other  sports  performance improvements:

54% in long jump;

80% in 100 meter sprint,

60% in shot put.

When will they consider caffeine as PED and ban taking this in international competition.?

In the mean time, go to Dunkin donuts,, McCafe, buy 3 in l, Starbucks, Figaro, buy cafeng barako and keep on going to Pisong Cafe.

                              Tanay Hills Coffee, a local blend



                               
                                   Promoting cause of Barako coffee

Do not take my word for it;  check the websites/links to confirm


Science Daily on Caffeine and Sports Performance


Sports Physiology and Effects of Caffeine on Performance