We explain why the Precision Fuel & Hydration product ranges are batch-tested in order to ensure they adhere to the WADA Anti-Doping Code.
"}},"slug":"precision-hydration-products-batch-test","blogTags":"Hydration","featuredPost":false,"author":{"name":"Andy Blow","slug":"andy-blow","facebookHandle":"https://www.facebook.com/andy.blow.3","twitterHandle":"https://twitter.com/andybl0w?lang=en","instagramHandle":"https://www.instagram.com/andyblow","linkedInProfile":"https://uk.linkedin.com/in/andy-blow-47b90133","stravaProfile":"https://www.strava.com/athletes/6999012","bio":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Andy Blow is a Sports Scientist with a BSc Honours degree in Sports and Exercise Science from the University of Bath. An expert in hydration, he has co-authored a number of scientific studies and books.
\nHe was once the Team Sports Scientist for the Benetton and Renault Formula 1 teams and remains an adviser to the Porsche Human Performance Centre at Silverstone.
\nAndy has finished in the top 10 of IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 races, as well as winning an XTERRA Age Group World title. It was his own struggles with cramp that led to him specialising in hydration and founding Precision Fuel & Hydration.
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\nUnder the World Anti-Doping Code, a ‘strict liability principle’ applies which means that athletes are entirely responsible for ANY substance found in their body, no matter how it got there. This means that even if a banned substance is ingested accidentally or unintentionally it can still result in sanctions or a ban being imposed if it shows up in the results of an anti-doping test.
\nPrecision Fuel & Hydration work with a wide range of professional and elite athletes around the world and we've outlined how our products are tested to ensure they adhere to the WADA Anti-Doping code.
\nA memorable case of ‘inadvertent doping’ occurred at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City when British skier Alain Baxter was stripped of his bronze medal for testing positive for a stimulant.
\nBaxter had used a simple over-the-counter Vicks nasal spray for a stuffy nose in the days prior to his event, unaware that the US version of the product he’d purchased contained a substance on the WADA banned list.
\nEven though he was eventually found not-guilty of intentionally trying to cheat, he still had his Olympic medal taken away for good and has been cited as a cautionary tale to aspiring elite athletes ever since...
\nThe substance that Baxter inhaled (methamphetamine) was actually a listed ingredient of the nasal spray he used so would have been shown on the packaging and in that regard a simple check of the label against the banned list at the time could, and probably should, have prevented it being used.
\nBut, on numerous other occasions athletes have fallen foul when they've consumed substances or eaten foods that have been contaminated (either deliberately or accidentally) with substances not in their original ingredient lists but appeared on the banned list nonetheless.
\nWith drug-testing becoming far more commonplace as each year goes by, even at an amateur level, all serious athletes are advised to take an active interest in what they’re eating and drinking in order to avoid any issues with doping control.
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