Company Reconsiders Oxygen- Promoting Herbal Product

Company Reconsiders Oxygen- Promoting Herbal Product

SALT LAKE CITY

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has bannedany substance that increases an athletes blood oxygen. As a result, BasicResearch (www.basicresearch.org)issued a warning to Olympic hopefuls to stop using its Oxydrene immediately. Anherbal supplement manufactured by Klein-Becker and distributed by BasicResearch, Oxydrene is still being used in places like China to help alleviatethe effects of high altitude.

Certainly, steroids and hormone-boosting products should be banned, butissuing blanket indictments about all compounds, including nutritionalsupplements, that help the body increase oxygen levels is neither prudent norwarranted, said Daniel Mowrey, Klein-Beckers director of scientificaffairs. We hope the IOC will reconsider its hard-line position.