Spanish meat, it's not just from Spain anymore

[MattTuck]

http://qz.com/675946/eating-meat-fro...warns-players/

The National Football League (NFL) recently warned players to avoid steroid-contaminated meat from China and Mexico. Meat produced in those countries, the league advised in a notice sent to players, could contain clenbuterol, a muscle-building and weight-loss stimulant that the NFL bans under its policy on performance-enhancing substances.

“Players are responsible for what is in their bodies,” a memo circulated this week advised. “Consuming large quantities of meat while visiting those particular countries may result in a positive test.”

One player already knows about the perils of Mexican meat. Last season Duane Brown, a left tackle for the Houston Texans, spent a bye-week (a rest week each team gets during the regular season) in Mexico and ate beef there. Afterwards he tested positive for clenbuterol. Only by providing details of what and where he ate was he able to clear himself and avoid a 10-game suspension.

[kramnnim]

http://cycling-review.com/2013/12/cl...chinese-meats/

[Mark McM]

When Paolo Pezzo returned a positive test for Nandrolone in 1997, she used the excuse that beef in Belgium (which she had eaten) is tainted with steroids.

Who knew that cattle all over the world were dopers?

[ultraman6970]

This is the main reason some riders use the Macburgers diet.

[adamhell]

vegan power

[oldpotatoe]

Trump steaks....hecho en Mexico

[donevwil]

Power Jerkey

[jemoryl]

Originally Posted by Mark McM

When Paolo Pezzo returned a positive test for Nandrolone in 1997, she used the excuse that beef in Belgium (which she had eaten) is tainted with steroids.

Who knew that cattle all over the world were dopers?

This is interesting in light of the recent European outcry about TTIP documents released by Greenpeace. It has triggered widespread outrage that European food standards will be dragged down to those in the US (Holland claims France will pull out of the pact..) and that includes allowing animals to be dosed with steroids, which is apparently forbidden in the EU.