Myostatin makes the news as myostatin supplement scams continue

Myostatin is a protein in humans and animals that regulates muscle growth. Since 1997 researchers at John Hopkins University have been studying the effects myostatin has on muscle development and growth in rats in hopes of carrying over the research in humans.

The New England Journal of Medicine is reporting a case of the first known human where a mutant DNA segment was found to block the myostatin protein. The boy with the mutant DNA has twice the muscle mass and half the body-fat of other children his age.

It’s important to note that the child’s mother is very muscular and a former professional sprinter. Her brother and other relatives are extremely strong, muscular and athletic. It appears the child comes from a "dream pool" of genetics that apear to have mutated a step further.

It should also be noted that several articles about this new case study have noted the myostatin supplement scam that we raised the red flag on before the scam supplements ever hit the market, saying, “Internet marketers have been hawking “myostatin-blocking” supplements to bodybuilders, though doctors say the products are useless and perhaps dangerous.”

Four supplement companies have been scamming consumers for several years now with bogus myostatin-blocking supplements. It will be interesting to see if these crooks pick up on this latest finding and use it to further rip-off the gullible magic-pill seekers.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, companies selling supplements claiming to block the effects of myostatin are selling you nothing more than a dream. It's a complete rip-off. The companies that are selling it know they are ripping you off and they are laughing all the way to the bank.