Bodybuilders buying breast milk online as bizarre muscle supplement

UK: Bodybuilders are reportedly using breast milk as a bizarre muscle supplement costing more than £6 an ounce on the internet.

Gym-lovers are well known for looking for new ways to bulk up, from protein tablets to steroids.

However human breast milk would not be the first 'supplement' many would think of when looking for a way of building up their physique.

But ex-competitive bodybuilder Brett Schoenfeld, assistant professor of exercise science at CUNY Lehman College in New York City says people ARE now buying the expensive substance for just this purpose.

“It isn’t common, but I’ve known people who have done this," he said.

"It’s certainly talked about quite a bit on the bodybuilding forums on the Internet.”

Dr. Jacques Mortiz, of Mount Sinai Roosevelt in New York, told ABC News that there is "nothing specific in breast milk that will cause adults to gain muscle mass,” but this doesn't seem to be deterring bodybuilders from using it.

There is more protein in cow's milk than human breast milk, according to the USDA National Nutrition Database.

Breast milk is much more expensive than cow's milk too, selling at $9 (£6.50) and OUNCE on the internet.

Human breast milk sold on the internet is often not properly refrigerated ahead of being delivered raising the risk of potential contamination.

Meanwhile, Britain's youngest competitive bodybuilder last month revealed the secret to his bulging frame - sibling rivalry.

While many youngsters spend hours glued to game consoles, teenage iron-pumper Cosmo Taylor is more like to be found sculpting his abs, quads and biceps in the local gym.

And the powerful 15-year-old from Inverness knows he can count on support from his family – his sister Bronwyn, 19, is a prize-winning powerlifter and father Andrew, 47, is a also a bodybuilder.

And while the brother and sister duo continually push each other to improve their personal bests, Cosmo admits that there is some bubbling sibling rivalry between the pair.