Dietary Supplements and Nutritional Ergogenic Aids for Conditioning and Improving Athletic Performance.

A-Z of nutritional supplements: dietary supplements, sports nutrition foods and ergogenic aids for health and performance Part 9.

To cite: Ranchordas MK, Lundy B, Burke LM, et al. Br J Sports Med 2013;47:185–186. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Vitamin preparations have been a stalwart of the supplement industry. They reflect both our understanding that they are, by definition, essential for optimal health and function, as well as our fears that either the food supply, or the way we consume it, fails to provide us with optimal amoun...

A-Z of nutritional supplements: dietary supplements, sports nutrition foods and ergogenic aids for health and performance - part 28.

Br J Sports Med 2012;46:75–76. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2010.090748 75 1Department of Performance Nutrition, English Institute of Sport, Loughborough, UK 2Department of Nutrition & Health, Nestle Research Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland 3School of Sport Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia 4Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australia 5Performance Infl uencers Ltd, Londo...

A to Z of nutritional supplements: dietary supplements, sports nutrition foods and ergogenic aids for health and performance--part 31.

A-Z of nutritional supplements: dietary supplements, sports nutrition foods and ergogenic aids for health and performance--Part 30.

Nutritional ergogenic aids and exercise performance.

The use of nutritional supplements in sport is widespread and few serious athletes do not, at some stage in their career, succumb to the temptation to experiment with one or more nutritional supplements. Nutritional ergogenic aids are aimed primarily at enhancing performance (either by affecting energy metabolism or by an effect on the central nervous system), at increasing lean body mass or mu...