EXSS2021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Antioxidant, Dash Diet, Scientific Method
22 Aug 2018
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Important to have a healthy diet in conjunction with dietary supplements. Function: muscle building, metabolism, boosting & fuel providing. Availability: over the counter, internet or multi-level marketing. Scientific merit: well supported, unsupported or undecided. Why do athletes take supplements: evidence suggests junior/adolescent athletes take supplements, may be ineffective if not taken properly, study: Pros & cons of sport supplements: pros, assistance to meet nutritional goals. 2: placebo (psychological effect, cons, expense, side effects, decreased focus on true performance enhancing factors, contamination. Ingredients must be checked for contamination as some may be unsafe! How are supplements regulated: sale in australia, food standards australia nz [fsanz]: Internal regulation varies beware of: sport foods, liquid meals, therapeutic goods agency [tga], pill type supplements, sports doping agencies, australian sports drug agency [asada, world anti-doping authority [wada] Company sponsored (may be bias: many studies needed to confirm findings.
