I'm unable to post the official article that includes the logos of The World Anti-Doping Agency, Olympics and The IAAF( International Association Of Athletics Federation), however I can post the official statement.


COULD SOMEONE PLZ TELL ME IF THIS IS TRUE???????



OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
In a joint statement issued by the presidents of the World Anti-Doping Agency, International
Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the
following foods have been placed on the list of banned substances issued by WADA: yam, green
bananas, cocoa, dasheen, breadfruit, ackee and saltfish, mackeral run down, turned
cornmeal, Jerked pork and chicken, escovietched fish Malta, Supligen, Milo (said to be the
food drink of Champions), Horlicks and coconut oil.


Jamaicans seem to become extremely athletic on diets with these foods. Coming out of WADA labs, one of the major banned substances from Jamaica is the Cassava root, a high fibre, high starch tuber root eaten in Jamaica.

 It has properties which are said to enhance endurance and cause muscle fibres to twitch faster. This comes after extensive study of the diets of the Jamaican athletes which took part in the Beijing 2008 Olympic games. Though natural foods it is felt by WADA that these foods because of their unique properties give Jamaican athletes an unfair advantage.

Highconcentrations of carbohydrates and other naturally occurring substances are said to bemimicking the effects of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs). Some foods have been noted to in particular cause an unusual increase in the male hormone testosterone. As such WADA has seen it fit to add these foods to the list of banned substances.

Given the sensitivity of this issue,Jamaican athletes participating in the current Olympic games underway in Beijing have not been banned but must submit to these new restrictions within the next two years.

Two substances which have been discovered in testing of the Jamaican foods are yamstenine, a yam derivative and cocosterone, a derivative of the coco plant.

These substances have been found to mimic nandrolone and the *lo** booster EPO, hence the preliminary banning of the substances
themselves and the banning of the foods they derive from.


This ruling will also affect other Caribbean and some African countries which share similar diets as Jamaicans.