'Striking lack of evidence' sports products work

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If the Olympics has inspired you to get fit this summer, you might want to think twice before shelling out for sports drinks or high tech trainers.

A joint investigation by the British Medical Journal and the BBC's Panorama programme has found that there is a "striking lack of evidence" to support to performance-enhancing claims made by many popular products.

Dr Carl Henegan from the University of Oxford's Centre for Evidence Based Medicine explains what they found in their investigation.

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