Gaspari Anavite found with 1-Andro??

Well, if I was gonna "spike a multi" (lol) it wouldnt be with a compound that might negatively impact health markers and hormones.

Whats the biggest placebo people claim from starting a multi? Feeling energetic and "good". Damn, if Im gonna take risks spiking my sh1t Id be loading it with uppers lol
 
VaughnTrue said:
USADA doesn't provide any evidence either unfortunately. Nothing about any of this makes sense to me
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The fact that TMZ jumped in on it doesn’t help either. 10,000 people who don’t understand a thing about supplements are going to say multivitamins aren’t safe anymore.

The same thing happened with creatine. Just plain scare mongering like 99.9% of other media outlets. Negativity sells ad space
 
NurseGray said:
The fact that TMZ jumped in on it doesn’t help either. 10,000 people who don’t understand a thing about supplements are going to say multivitamins aren’t safe anymore.

The same thing happened with creatine. Just plain scare mongering like 99.9% of other media outlets. Negativity sells ad space
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Agreed. I've used for years and the fact that they haven't looked further into it before breaking the story. Chances are its trace if anything and most likely one batch.
 
I actually work for vitamin shoppe and they made us pull all of our anavite immediately this morning. We only had 1 bottle in our store but damn did I want to take it

This whole thing doesn't make sense to me. I know Gaspari has had some shady things happen in the past, but especially with hi tech manufacturing for them, I would trust their word that there is more to this story. Us managers weren't told too much in the emails sent out to our stores, so I'll be interested to see what they release to us as this plays out
 
TyMan14 said:
I actually work for vitamin shoppe and they made us pull all of our anavite immediately this morning. We only had 1 bottle in our store but damn did I want to take it

This whole thing doesn't make sense to me. I know Gaspari has had some shady things happen in the past, but especially with hi tech manufacturing for them, I would trust their word that there is more to this story. Us managers weren't told too much in the emails sent out to our stores, so I'll be interested to see what they release to us as this plays out
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Has something like this happened before?
 
It's a strange situation. I don't know that PPM would show up on a drug test or a GMASS test unless the column is very clean and there is no contamination.
 
Sounds like the guy was using other stuff and knew gaspari was a big brand he can target and maybe get a lawsuit
 
jaredmus said:
Sounds like the guy was using other stuff and knew gaspari was a big brand he can target and maybe get a lawsuit
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The lawsuit is also against Jared and Hi-Tech.

No law firm is going to sign off on a complaint without doing background research on their target, and they would obviously know that jared is a legal pitbull before filing this suit.

The notion of hi-tech intentionally spiking anavite is absolutely absurd. The notion of trace contamination less so.

But without knowing actual numbers alleged on his drug test, or alleged contamination of anavite, nobody but the people in possession of that data could tell you if it's likely to have caused a drug test failure or not.

To be clear though, trace contamination is frankly somewhat of a manufacturing inevitability, and when dealing with ingredients like this that aren't allergens, poses basically no physical impact whatsoever and is of zero concern to anybody who isn't drug tested.
 
De__eB said:
The lawsuit is also against Jared and Hi-Tech.

No law firm is going to sign off on a complaint without doing background research on their target, and they would obviously know that jared is a legal pitbull before filing this suit.

The notion of hi-tech intentionally spiking anavite is absolutely absurd. The notion of trace contamination less so.

But without knowing actual numbers alleged on his drug test, or alleged contamination of anavite, nobody but the people in possession of that data could tell you if it's likely to have caused a drug test failure or not.

To be clear though, trace contamination is frankly somewhat of a manufacturing inevitability, and when dealing with ingredients like this that aren't allergens, poses basically no physical impact whatsoever and is of zero concern to anybody who isn't drug tested.
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We also have to remember that it really doesn’t matter if they did research on Jared or not. Lawyers get paid In legal fees and I guarantee this one is collecting as we speak. You will always find a lawyer signing up no matter how absurd a case may be
 
NurseGray said:
We also have to remember that it really doesn’t matter if they did research on Jared or not. Lawyers get paid In legal fees and I guarantee this one is collecting as we speak. You will always find a lawyer signing up no matter how absurd a case may be
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Your understanding of lawyers is flawed.

Lawyers don't like losing.

Lawyers like having a good rapport with their local court system.

Lawyers don't like bringing cases in front of judges in their home district that are absurd.

There are times that corporate lawyers will do legal actions they know are long shots or absurd, but usually there is other extraneous reasons for doing so, or they're being front-paid to draw out legal processes.

Follow more real life cases and less tv legal dramas :p

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This random MMA fighter isn't some well financially backed superstar, it's very unlikely he's front paying a lawyer to bring an absurd case to the table.

So while I question the merits of the case, I don't doubt that they believe they have merits for bringing the case.
 
De__eB said:
Your understanding of lawyers is flawed.

Lawyers don't like losing.

Lawyers like having a good rapport with their local court system.

Lawyers don't like bringing cases in front of judges in their home district that are absurd.

There are times that corporate lawyers will do legal actions they know are long shots or absurd, but usually there is other extraneous reasons for doing so, or they're being front-paid to draw out legal processes.

Follow more real life cases and less tv legal dramas :p

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This random MMA fighter isn't some well financially backed superstar, it's very unlikely he's front paying a lawyer to bring an absurd case to the table.

So while I question the merits of the case, I don't doubt that they believe they have merits for bringing the case.
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While my knowledge of law may be limited. I’m purely speaking experience from a local level. As well I can only imagine that not EVERY lawyer cares about their image. I’m sure you are right. All lawyers only take cases they think they can win and we all know with Jared’s track record that’s an easy task wink wink
 
Conspiracy theory here, thinking out loud....hi tech pulled there prohormones because the government is claiming it is spiked with AS...what if the FDA had a spy at hi tech who was actively contaminating there products?!
 
De__eB said:
The lawsuit is also against Jared and Hi-Tech.

No law firm is going to sign off on a complaint without doing background research on their target, and they would obviously know that jared is a legal pitbull before filing this suit.

The notion of hi-tech intentionally spiking anavite is absolutely absurd. The notion of trace contamination less so.

But without knowing actual numbers alleged on his drug test, or alleged contamination of anavite, nobody but the people in possession of that data could tell you if it's likely to have caused a drug test failure or not.

To be clear though, trace contamination is frankly somewhat of a manufacturing inevitability, and when dealing with ingredients like this that aren't allergens, poses basically no physical impact whatsoever and is of zero concern to anybody who isn't drug tested.
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Trace contamination of prohormones should not be shrugged off as a "manufacturing inevitably." And to say it is of "zero concern to anybody who isn't drug tested" doesn't make it much better.

You guys are a little too easy going on these companies I think. If it is enough that you could test positive then it's too much. It's especially too much if it doesn't indicate on the label that it could have trace amounts of PH in it.

It may be a pain in the ass but if this is true then this is a serious operational risk that needs to either be dealt with in the manufacturing process or by some way of a disclaimer.
 
210LBS said:
Trace contamination of prohormones should not be shrugged off as a "manufacturing inevitably." And to say it is of "zero concern to anybody who isn't drug tested" doesn't make it much better.

You guys are a little too easy going on these companies I think. If it is enough that you could test positive then it's too much. It's especially too much if it doesn't indicate on the label that it could have trace amounts of PH in it.

It may be a pain in the ass but if this is true then this is a serious operational risk that needs to either be dealt with in the manufacturing process or by some way of a disclaimer.
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If you think I softball supp companies, you haven't been around long.

My statements are accurate, that the subject happens to be prohormones is irrelevant.

PIESI can detect sub-1 parts per TRILLION of some substances.

You're talking femtograms of contamination.
 
210LBS said:
Trace contamination of prohormones should not be shrugged off as a "manufacturing inevitably." And to say it is of "zero concern to anybody who isn't drug tested" doesn't make it much better.

You guys are a little too easy going on these companies I think. If it is enough that you could test positive then it's too much. It's especially too much if it doesn't indicate on the label that it could have trace amounts of PH in it.

It may be a pain in the ass but if this is true then this is a serious operational risk that needs to either be dealt with in the manufacturing process or by some way of a disclaimer.
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Yup.

It's not like Anavite was just randomly tested. it was tested because the fighter failed the drug test and then turned in the supplements he was taking at the time, and they found it to be contaminated by the drug that he failed the test for. and then they tested another bottle of it, and found that to be contaminated as well...

'Lyman Good was suspended for six months back in late 2016 after testing positive for the anabolic androgenic steroid 1-androstenedione (1-andro) and its metabolite, which was allegedly caused by a tainted Gaspari Nutrition supplement called Anavite.

The supplement Good took, which did not list 1-androstenedione on the label, was confirmed as containing a banned substance by USADA. USADA also tested an unopened batch of the supplement to verify the contamination. Independent testing by LGC Science, Inc. also confirmed the presence of 1-andro"

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CatSnake said:
Yup.

It's not like Anavite was just randomly tested. it was tested because the fighter failed the drug test and then turned in the supplements he was taking at the time, and they found it to be contaminated by the drug that he failed the test for. and then they tested another bottle of it, and found that to be contaminated as well...

'Lyman Good was suspended for six months back in late 2016 after testing positive for the anabolic androgenic steroid 1-androstenedione (1-andro) and its metabolite, which was allegedly caused by a tainted Gaspari Nutrition supplement called Anavite.

The supplement Good took, which did not list 1-androstenedione on the label, was confirmed as containing a banned substance by USADA. USADA also tested an unopened batch of the supplement to verify the contamination. Independent testing by LGC Science, Inc. also confirmed the presence of 1-andro"

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And yet, the levels of 1-dhea that can be detected are a million times lower than a dose that would have any detectable physical impact on someone.

Which is why knowing what exact levels they detected is relevant.
 
De__eB said:
And yet, the levels of 1-dhea that can be detected are a million times lower than a dose that would have any detectable physical impact on someone.
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are you talking about the amount that he failed the test for, or they can test in the actual supplement for?
 
CatSnake said:
are you talking about the amount that he failed the test for, or they can test in the supplement for?
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Either.

Any non-zero result of a banned substance is a failed USADA test.

The test on him could potentially detect down to single digit picograms in circulation.

The test on the product itself could detect single digit PPT of contamination.

Here's something I could see them doing:

-Which companies manufacture the ingredient we tested for
-Test every single product they sell for it with the ACS's PIESI testing.
 
De__eB said:
Either.

Any non-zero result of a banned substance is a failed USADA test.

The test on him could potentially detect down to single digit picograms in circulation.

The test on the product itself could detect single digit PPT of contamination.

Here's something I could see them doing:

-Which companies manufacture the ingredient we tested for
-Test every single product they sell for it with the ACS's PIESI testing.
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do you genuinely believe that they use that accurate of a test for 1-DHEA on the athletes on a urine test? not being sarcastic...

how do you know the accuracy of those tests, out of curiosity?
 
CatSnake said:
do you genuinely believe that they use that accurate of a test for 1-DHEA on the athletes? not being sarcastic...
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The technology was there years ago, and developed specifically for sports doping, since sports doping is the place where that's most useful.

As for which test was used, couldn't tell you, the data wasn't included in the complaint. I assume Hi-Tech will demand it in discovery.

It's useful in sports testing to know if someone took 1-dhea a year ago.

For comparison, it's not useful in probation drug testing to know if someone might have taken meth a year ago. You care if they took it in the month they've been out of prison.

how do you know the accuracy of those tests, out of curiosity?
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I'm a nerd with a significant interest in both the law and in supplements/steroids/PEDs.

Anyway, without the tests in question, nobody can make any real judgement here. I would assume they were withheld for a reason. If they had detected a significant quantity of 1-dhea in anavite they'd have said so.
 
De__eB said:
If you think I softball supp companies, you haven't been around long.

My statements are accurate, that the subject happens to be prohormones is irrelevant.

PIESI can detect sub-1 parts per TRILLION of some substances.

You're talking femtograms of contamination.
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It would be hard to believe that their urine tests would pick up ingestion of trace amounts of 1-andro since the urine tests for marijuana are nowhere near that sensitive, but I can be wrong. Either way, Gaspari is still on the hook. It is still their fault and they should still be liable. You have no choice but to suspend the athlete and the athlete would have no idea he's buying a supplement that is contaminated with PHs. If the athlete did nothing wrong then someone has to be on the hook for the money he lost. The only thing I can think of is if Gaspari would have put some sort of disclaimer that states that their products may contain trace amounts of PH, therefore athletes would know to stay away. Without that disclaimer I'm not sure how they'd be able to get around this one.

I didn't even know they tested for 1-andro. I always thought that they just did hormone tests or something to see if test levels were abnormally high or something. This is news to me.
 
210LBS said:
It would be hard to believe that their urine tests would pick up ingestion of trace amounts of 1-andro since the urine tests for marijuana are nowhere near that sensitive, but I can be wrong. Either way, Gaspari is still on the hook. It is still their fault and they should still be liable. You have no choice but to suspend the athlete and the athlete would have no idea he's buying a supplement that is contaminated with PHs. If the athlete did nothing wrong then someone has to be on the hook for the money he lost. The only thing I can think of is if Gaspari would have put some sort of disclaimer that states that their products may contain trace amounts of PH, therefore athletes would know to stay away. Without that disclaimer I'm not sure how they'd be able to get around this one.

I didn't even know they tested for 1-andro. I always thought that they just did hormone tests or something to see if test levels were abnormally high or something. This is news to me.
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The marijuana test is higher detection limit by design, since marijuana isn't banned out of competition.

They test for every single known androgen and metabolite they have a test for, with the lowest possible detection limit they can test at.

What do you think the likely explanation other than trace contamination is btw? The absurd idea that theyd intentionally spike a multivitamin with it?
 
CatSnake said:
Yup.

It's not like Anavite was just randomly tested. it was tested because the fighter failed the drug test and then turned in the supplements he was taking at the time, and they found it to be contaminated by the drug that he failed the test for. and then they tested another bottle of it, and found that to be contaminated as well...

'Lyman Good was suspended for six months back in late 2016 after testing positive for the anabolic androgenic steroid 1-androstenedione (1-andro) and its metabolite, which was allegedly caused by a tainted Gaspari Nutrition supplement called Anavite.

The supplement Good took, which did not list 1-androstenedione on the label, was confirmed as containing a banned substance by USADA. USADA also tested an unopened batch of the supplement to verify the contamination. Independent testing by LGC Science, Inc. also confirmed the presence of 1-andro"

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Agreed with this
 
TyMan14 said:
I feel like I'm in a minority that really enjoys infowars. I think alex has a tendency to blow things up, but his other reporters are fantastic
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You aren’t alone brother
 
It honestly makes no sense for a company to spike a $35 vitamin with something that is more than double the cost. I heard on these forums that the fighters bottle was tested and came back contaminated with traces of andro. Who knows though.... Something doesn't make sense.
 
Phenom116 said:
It honestly makes no sense for a company to spike a $35 vitamin with something that is more than double the cost. I heard on these forums that the fighters bottle was tested and came back contaminated with traces of andro. Who knows though.... Something doesn't make sense.
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Your right it completely does NOT make any sense
 
NurseGray said:
Your right it completely does NOT make any sense
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With everything else going on right now with Hi Tech and the whole "DMAA" thing, it's now creating problems for those of us who purchase and use PH's because they aren't allowed to make or sell them right now. I just hope this particular incident doesn't start another "Andro witch hunt." It really sucks that our government, who knows D#CK about this stuff, gets to decide what we should or shouldn't put in our bodies.
 
I am sure it wasn't intentional. No one would waste an expensive ingredient for a multi-vitamin! lol
 
Eric Mar said:
I am sure it wasn't intentional. No one would waste an expensive ingredient for a multi-vitamin! lol
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I have a bit of an issue believing it at all. The athlete was a Nutrabio athlete, and they make their own multivitamin. What was he doing taking anavite?
 
VaughnTrue said:
I have a bit of an issue believing it at all. The athlete was a Nutrabio athlete, and they make their own multivitamin. What was he doing taking anavite?
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You know, I never even thought of that. This all stinks
 
shockrock3 said:
Results came back negative
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appreciate you getting this posted.

The test reinforces EXACTLY what I've been saying all along.

Me thinks after this court case it should be obvious that this fighter was using two different supplement companies as scape goats for his extra curricular activities.
 
VaughnTrue said:
appreciate you getting this posted.

The test reinforces EXACTLY what I've been saying all along.

Me thinks after this court case it should be obvious that this fighter was using two different supplement companies as scape goats for his extra curricular activities.
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Amen to that
 
VaughnTrue said:
I have a bit of an issue believing it at all. The athlete was a Nutrabio athlete, and they make their own multivitamin. What was he doing taking anavite?
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Anavite is one of the best, but seems very shady to say the least.
 
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