Official government website of the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
Under the title "No Supplements, Your Food is Complete", the College of Pharmacy, in cooperation with the Deanship of Community Service and the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, launched an educational awareness campaign at King Abdullah Sports City in Buraydah during the match between Al-Hilal and Al-Taawun in the 20th round of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Pro League, which was held yesterday evening, Thursday.
The campaign aimed to correct some misconceptions among those enrolled in sports clubs for bodybuilding and various sports of both sexes, and to familiarize them with the harms of dietary supplements and hormones and explain the optimal use of them and the prevention of the resulting harms, with the participation of 4 academic staff members and 8 male and female students from the participating colleges.
For his part, Dr. Waleed Al-Tuwaiyan, a faculty member at the College of Pharmacy and supervisor of the campaign, stressed that spreading awareness, education, and correct concepts from reliable sources is an important and essential factor in building a health-conscious society that has the ability to know the effects and consequences of using hormones, dietary supplements, and others.
Al-Tuwayan pointed out that natural food contains elements and substances that cannot be compensated by using industrial supplements, emphasizing the error of some concepts recently spread among society that lead to the excessive use of dietary supplements, hormones and fat burners with the aim of reaching the ideal weight and shape in the shortest time.
