HISTORY 2010 OUR DARKEST DAYS ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB SUPPLEMENTS CONTROVERSY
Body Science is the Official Supplement Partner to Essendon Football Club the relationship ends in controversy. The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority investigates the legality of its dpoing program during the 2012 AFL season and the preceding preseason. After four years of investigations players at the club were found guilty of injecting a banned peptide and incurred suspensions. Body Science does not manufacture injectables and this is done without our knowledge. Having launched banned substance supplement and having extensive knowledge in safe supplements Greg and Nathan work with the AFL and NRL to assist with its research into supplement use in sports. Body Science at this stage has extensive Official Partner agreement with the NRL, AFL franchises in Australia. Based on its historic involvement in anti-doping processes and its belief in staying abreast of cutting-edge research in this area. Greg Nathan and their research and development team were integral in discussion about how best to regulate sport supplement use across Australia. Today, Athletes and support personnel can use the BODY SCIENCE ONLINE SEARCH TOOL to find out whether the most commonly utilised and over-the-counter Body Science supplements and complementary medicines in the Body Science range have been tested (are permitted) or not tested. While in-store athletes can also search for the status of a product at retailers that they want to purchase in Australia or New Zealand, Body Science has run an anti-doping program since 2002.