Athletes and supplements: prevalence and perspectives

I Garthe, RJ Maughan - International journal of sport …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
In elite sport, where opponents are evenly matched, small factors can determine the
outcome of sporting contests. Not all athletes know the value of making wise nutrition …

The role of mineral and trace element supplementation in exercise and athletic performance: a systematic review

SM Heffernan, K Horner, G De Vito, GE Conway - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Minerals and trace elements (MTEs) are micronutrients involved in hundreds of biological
processes. Deficiency in MTEs can negatively affect athletic performance. Approximately …

Prevalence and patterns of dietary supplement use in elite Spanish athletes

G Baltazar-Martins, D Brito de Souza… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Springer
Background Dietary supplementation is a common strategy to achieve a specific health
status or performance benefit. Several investigations have focused on the prevalence of …

The bright and the dark sides of L-carnitine supplementation: a systematic review

AK Sawicka, G Renzi, RA Olek - Journal of the International Society of …, 2020 - Springer
Background L-carnitine (LC) is used as a supplement by recreationally-active, competitive
and highly trained athletes. This systematic review aims to evaluate the effect of prolonged …

The sleep and recovery practices of athletes

R Doherty, SM Madigan, A Nevill, G Warrington… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Athletes maintain a balance between stress and recovery and adopt recovery
modalities that manage fatigue and enhance recovery and performance. Optimal TST is …

A behaviourally informed approach to reducing the risk of inadvertent anti-do** rule violations from supplement use

SH Backhouse - Sports medicine, 2023 - Springer
For many reasons, athletes' use of supplements is highly prevalent across sports and
competitive levels, despite the risk of these products containing a substance on the World …

Supplements with purported effects on muscle mass and strength

PL Valenzuela, JS Morales, E Emanuele… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Several supplements are purported to promote muscle hypertrophy and strength
gains in healthy subjects, or to prevent muscle wasting in atrophying situations (eg, ageing …

Prevalence of adulteration in dietary supplements and recommendations for safe supplement practices in sport

AR Jagim, PS Harty, JL Erickson, GM Tinsley… - Frontiers in Sports and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The prevalence of dietary supplement use among athletes continues to rise with 60–80% of
athletes often reporting current or previous use of dietary supplements. While select dietary …

Gender differences in prevalence and patterns of dietary supplement use in elite athletes

M Aguilar-Navarro, G Baltazar-Martins… - … Quarterly for Exercise …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Dietary supplement use by athletes has been the topic of previous research;
however, the lack of homogeneity among published studies makes it difficult to analyze the …

Micronutrient intakes in 553 Dutch elite and sub-elite athletes: prevalence of low and high intakes in users and non-users of nutritional supplements

F Wardenaar, N Brinkmans, I Ceelen, B Van Rooij… - Nutrients, 2017 - mdpi.com
This study investigated whether athletes meet micronutrient recommendations and whether
the adequacy of their intake is related to the use of dietary supplements, sport nutrition …