My friend sent me the funniest  e-mail and having lived in Jamaica for many years, I am sure that I could add to the list myself.

 

THE JAA WILL BE FILING A PROTEST TO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.

 

OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
In a joint statement issued by World Anti-Doping Agency president and Jacques Rogge , president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the following foods have been placed on the list of banned substances issued by WADA:

Yam

Green bananas

Cocoa

Irish Moss

Dasheen

Cassava

Breadfruit

Chocho

Beef Patties.

Curry Goat

Rock Cake

Ox Tail

Ackee and salt fish.

Stamp and Go

Jerk Pork

Soursop.

Mackerel run down

Turned cornmeal,

Malta ,

Supligen

Cow Heel

Callaloo

Coconut oil .

Jamaicans seem to become extremely athletic on diets with these foods. Coming out of WADA labs, one of the major banned substances from Jamaica is the Cassava root , a high fiber, high starch tuber root eaten in Jamaica . It has properties, which are said to enhance endurance and cause muscle fibers to twitch faster. This comes after extensive study of the diet of the Jamaican athlete Usian Bolt, after winning gold int the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games .

It is felt by WADA that these foods, because of their unique properties gave Usian an unfair advantage.

High concentrations of naturally occurring substances are said to be mimicking the effects of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs). Some foods have been noted to cause an unusual increase in the male hormone testosterone. As such, WADA has seen it fit to add these foods to the list of banned substances. Given the sensitivity of this issue, Usian Bolt and the Jamaican athletes participating in the current Olympic Games underway in Beijing have not been banned but must submit to these new restrictions within the next two years.