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Stacking supplements can be a deliberate strategy to maximize results in athletes.
Athletes may consider strategic stacking of supplements to enhance performance.
ModerateSupportsmedium confidence
This practice originated from anabolic steroid regimes of body builders and other resistance training athletes where products were combined, often to address the side effects or potentiate the actions of individual products.
Why this rating
The abstract mentions few studies with equivocal results.
Source
A–Z of nutritional supplements: dietary supplements, sports nutrition foods and ergogenic aids for health and performance—Part 37
J Pearce et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine · 2012
DOI 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091626
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