Non-nutrients in sports nutrition: Fluids, electrolytes, and ergogenic aids

Ergogenic aids: evaluating sport nutrition products.

The desire to win leads physically active individuals to look for anything to improve performance. Many ergogenic aids are available; however, claims made about many of these products are not appropriate. To evaluate such products, one must consider the physiological sense of the claims, the supportive evidence provided, the research articles quoted, and the legal and health implications of use.

Ergogenic aids.

In the context of sport, an ergogenic aid can be broadly defined as a technique or substance used for the purpose of enhancing performance. Ergogenic aids have been classified as nutritional, pharmacologic, physiologic, or psychologic and range from use of accepted techniques such as carbohydrate loading to illegal and unsafe approaches such as anabolic-androgenic steroid use. The efficacy of m...

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.