It is the position of the American Dietetic Association, Dietitians of Canada, and the American College of Sports Medicine that physical activity, athletic performance, and recovery from exercise are enhanced by optimal nutrition. These organizations recommend appropriate selection of food and fluids, timing of intake, and supplement choices for optimal health and exercise performance. This pos...

The potential ergogenic effect of nutritional supplements depends on their dosage and the type exercise executed. Aiming at reviewing research literature regarding sport utilized in judo order to improve performance, a search was performed following databases: Dialnet, PubMed, Scielo, Scopus SportDiscus. A total 11 articles met inclusion criteria were selected. Evidence revised indicates that s...

BACKGROUND Ingestion of a combination of 5 mg x kg(-1) caffeine (C), and 1 mg x kg(-1) ephedrine (E) was reported to have an ergogenic effect on high intensity aerobic exercise performance, but 25% of the subjects experienced vomiting and nausea while engaging in hard exercise after the treatment. The present study was undertaken to investigate whether reduced levels of C+E would alleviate the ...

“Prevalence of the exercise-induced bronchoconstriction using the mannitol test, insight into potential ergogenic and deleterious effects of beta-2 agonists.” R. Candau, C. Caillaud, G. Py (Laboratoire d'approche bio-psychosociale du dopage, Universite de Montpellier, Montpellier, France), A. Bonnieu (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Montpellier, France), O. Cazorla (INSERM U637, ...

Performance-enhancing drugs, ergogenic aids, or sports supplements have been a part of sports since sporting competition began and likely always will be. Considered cheating by purists and necessary by some athletes, we must accept the fact that they are used, understand why they are used, and study how to prevent their use to institute change. This article summarizes current information regard...