NFL Player Sues Nikki Haskell, GNC, Great Earth, Vitamin Shoppe and others!
November 18, 2008
Nikki Haskell, GNC, Great Earth, and Vitamin Shoppe and others are being sued by NFL defensive tackle Grady Jackson (pictured on the left eating the huge hamburger!) Grady supposedly took the diet pill StarCaps which he thought was merely a Papaya and Garlic Extract used for weight loss. Jackson claims that the Star Caps pills actually contained Bumetanide, a powerful diuretic available only by prescription. Bumetanide is used for the treatment of water retention but is also used by many athletes to beat drug tests. Bumetanide is also on the NFL’s list of banned substances list. Jackson is seeking restitution and damages for false advertising and unfair business practices against the company and retailers of StarCaps. Other named defendants include the Hollywood star on the right known as “Nikki Haskell” as well as GNC, Great Earth Companies and Vitamin Shoppe.
“Grady has obviously suffered damage to his reputation with the taking of StarCaps,” said attorney Eric Farber, who filed the lawsuit. “As well, Grady has set up a place for consumers to seek restitution.”
On its website, StarCaps acknowledges Jackson’s lawsuit in a message: “We’ve received notice of a problem with an NFL player. We have referred the matter to our counsel and are taking all necessary steps to ensure that our customers receive a product that is safe and effective. We have temporarily suspended shipping of StarCaps pending the results of our investigation. Thank You.”
To read about other NFL players that supposedly used StarCaps and failed drug tests, click HERE.
SOURCE: AJC.com
StarCaps Cause Failed Drug Tests?
October 28, 2008
A diet pill you may not be familiar with but sells like crazy is called “StarCaps ” and it’s billed as the diet supplement for the stars. Owned by Hollywood star Nikki Haskell the supplement can be purchased via the Internet or many of the health-food stores in the U.S., and the capsules are sold in bottles in quantities of 30 for about $100. Last year, I saw the product sold for $200 at one large retail chain!
According to its Web site, StarCaps is “an all natural supplement ,” which has “been prepared in Peru, using an exclusive drying process to help preserve the enzyme, activity of papaya, grown in the Peruvian Amazon, and the dietary integrity of fresh garlic, grown in the rich and fertile mountains of Arequipa, Peru. Papaya and Garlic have been
used in their raw forms since the time of the ancient Greeks, Romans and Incas.”
There is no mention of the diuretic Bumetanide (pictured on right), a drug banned by the NFL which Saints players Deuce McAllister, Will Smith and Charles Grant reportedly tested positive for by taking this supplement. In late 2007, a group of scientists at the University of Utah did a study on StarCaps. In its research, the scientists gave a StarCaps capsule to male and female volunteers. Urine samples were then analyzed and Bumetanide was detected in each person! To read more on why various supplements have been linked to failed drug tests, click HERE.
SOURCE: The Times-Picayune