Do popular supplements for endurance athletes work?
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HOPE OR HYPE?
From broccoli shots to baking soda, do popular supplements for endurance athletes work?
ALEX CYR
SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL
PUBLISHED APRIL 30, 2026
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Many runners are taking a new collection of supplements these days. They chug the same broccoli shots, pour the same pink powders into their water bottles and guzzle the same weird hydrogel from the same clear containers shaped like a cat…
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