{"id":117315,"date":"2022-03-25T18:36:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T18:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/03\/25\/which-supplements-are-banned-by-the-military-better-check-this-database\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:44:05","slug":"which-supplements-are-banned-by-the-military-better-check-this-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/03\/25\/which-supplements-are-banned-by-the-military-better-check-this-database\/","title":{"rendered":"Which supplements are banned by the military? Better check this database"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Defense Department has issued an instruction<\/a> that governs the use of dietary supplements<\/a> among service members, creates a new training requirement and bars any on-base retailers from selling products with any banned ingredients<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The guidance, nearly a decade in the making, also requires the creation of an online database<\/a> that service members can reference before using any sort of pre-workout or other supplement promising an edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDietary supplements include ingredients such as vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, and enzymes,\u201d according to the instruction released earlier this month. \u201cDietary supplements are marketed in forms such as tablets, capsules, soft gels, gel caps, powders, and liquids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A range of anabolic steroids are also on the list, as well as substances that are more commonly considered recreational drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the ingredients has a close chemical make-up to the drug PCP, with the same sedative and hallucinogenic effects. Nine are classified as synthetic cannabinoids, which many troops will probably recognize from the the wave of popularity of drugs like Spice and K2<\/a> in the military going back a decade or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While those won\u2019t be confused for dietary supplements, there are some overlapping elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe primary reason cannabinoid and synthetic stimulant guidance was put in the dietary DoDI is because many of these products \u2026 come in either food form, can be added to food, or can be directly ingested through the mouth,\u201d Maj. Charlie Dietz, a Pentagon spokesman, told Military Times on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, cannabidiol is an ingredient in some workout recovery products<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t