2. Objectives
Increase awareness that nutrition can affect an athlete’s
performance
Discuss current nutritional recommendations for athletes
Review the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and
Education Act
Definition of a supplement
Impact of this legislation
Discuss specific nutritional supplements commonly used
by athletes
Do they work?
Are they safe?
Review the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004
Help providers answer questions and address concerns
of athletes, parents and coaches
4. Determinants of the Athlete’s
Energy Requirements
During intense exercise
Carbohydrate stored in muscles and liver
(glycogen) is predominant fuel source
During prolonged exercise
Fat stores are predominant fuel source
Fitness level of the athlete
Well trained endurance athletes burn fat more
efficiently, sparing limited glycogen stores
5. Formula for Estimating the
Body’s Calorie Requirements
Sedentary person
Weight (kg) x 25
Moderately active person
Weight (kg) x 30
Active person (endurance athlete)
Weight (kg) x 40
Underweight person
Weight (kg) x 45
kg = lbs / 2.2
7. Carbohydrates
Non-essential nutrient (human body can make sugar)
Simple (sugars) and Complex (starches)
Major fuel source for exercising muscle
Athletes should ingest 6 to10 gm/kg/day
60 to 70% of total calories should come from carbohydrates
Complex carbohydrates (starches) are preferable
During exercise
Athletes should consume 25 to 30 gm of carbohydrate for
every 30 minutes of exercise
Athletes should drink 6 to 8 ounces of water or sports drink for
every 10 to 15 minutes of exercise
8. Carbohydrates
After exercise
Athletes should consume 1.0 to 1.5 gm/kg
immediately post exercise and again one
hour later
To replace muscle glycogen stores
To prevent gradual depletion of muscle
glycogen stores over time caused by repetitive
daily bouts of heavy exercise
To decrease muscle breakdown
9. Why Complex Carbohydrates?
Compared to ingesting simple carbohydrates,
ingesting complex carbohydrates:
Increases muscle glycogen stores better
Improves performance and delays fatigue
Promotes faster stomach emptying
Causes less stomach upset and indigestion
Leads to lower blood sugar and insulin levels
Provides other beneficial nutrients
Fiber, vitamins and minerals
10. Pre-exercise Meal
Importance
Less hunger before and during exercise
Maintains optimum glycogen stores
Recommendations
Emphasize complex carbohydrates (starches)
1 to 4 gm/kg about 1 to 4 hours prior to event
Consume less closer to event
Avoid high fat and high protein foods
Slower gastric emptying can cause stomach upset
Avoid high fiber or gas forming foods
Can lead to crampy abdominal pain
11. Carbohydrate Loading
Increases the body’s pre-exercise
glycogen stores by 50 to 100%
Benefits endurance athletes who
compete for longer than 90 minutes
Can increase endurance up to 20%
Can increase performance by 2 to 3%
12. Carbohydrate Loading:
One Example of How
Days prior to event Exercise duration Carbohydrate intake
6 90 minutes 5 gm/kg/day
5 40 minutes 5 gm/kg/day
4 40 minutes 5 gm/kg/day
3 20 minutes 10 gm/kg/day
2 20 minutes 10 gm/kg/day
1 rest 10 gm/kg/day
13. Protein
Athletes require more protein than non-athletes
12 to 18% of total calories should come from protein
Protein intake should be tailored to type of training
1.2 to 1.4 gm/kg/day recommended for endurance athletes
1.7 to 1.8 gm/kg/day recommended for strength athletes
Average American diet provides 1.4 gm/kg/day
Adequate calorie intake is just as important as
adequate protein intake for building muscles
Too much protein intake can be bad
Excess protein calories are stored as fat
Excess protein intake can lead to dehydration and may
contribute to kidney problems
14. Fat
Major source of energy
25 to 30% of total calories should come from fat
Less than 10% of total calories should come from
saturated fats
Cholesterol intake should be less than 300 mg/day
Average American diet provides 37% of total
calories from fat
15. Nutritional Supplements
1994 Dietary Supplement Health and
Education Act
Definition of a supplement
Any product that contains vitamins, minerals,
amino acids, herbs, botanicals or a
concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract or
combination of any of these ingredients
Removed dietary supplements from FDA
regulation on the front end
FDA must prove a supplement is dangerous
before its sale can be prohibited
16. Nutritional Supplements
1994 Dietary Supplement Health and
Education Act
Manufacturers do not have to provide
scientific proof of claims
Manufacturers cannot state product is
meant to diagnose, treat, prevent or cure a
disease but can make indirect suggestions
Created a multi-billion dollar industry that
continues to grow rapidly
17. Vitamins and Minerals
Essential nutrients
Human body needs these to produce energy
No evidence in U.S. studies that taking vitamin and
mineral supplements improves athletic performance
Being deficient in vitamins or minerals is rare in the U.S.
compared to the rest of the world
A few studies outside U.S. showed an effect
Did population studied have some baseline deficiency
treated with these supplements?
Vegetarian athletes are at risk for being deficient in
vitamins B12, D, riboflavin, iron, zinc and calcium
Athletes who are strict vegetarians should take a
multivitamin to prevent deficiencies and a calcium
supplement (1000 mg/day) to help prevent bone loss
18. Ephedra or MaHuang
Herbal forms of the stimulant ephedrine
80 confirmed deaths related to ephedra use
Experts suspect many more unconfirmed deaths
Adverse effects
High blood pressure (most common)
Palpitations and increased heart rate
Seizure
Thermoregulatory dysfunction
Stroke
Heart attack
Sudden death
Vasculitis
Allergic myocarditis (one case reported)
Acute hepatitis (one case report)
19. Ephedra or MaHuang
Following the death of two professional
athletes, FDA banned sale of Ephedra
as a nutritional supplement
Since this time, manufacturers have
started substituting other stimulants
Citrus Aurantium
Orange extract
Chemical structure very similar to ephedrine
20. Anabolic Steroid Precursors
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and
Androstenedione (“Andro”)
Chemicals that can be converted into testosterone
in human biochemical pathways
Naturally available in wild yams
An early study done by a manufacturer of these
products showed no significant increase in blood
levels of testosterone
Study looked at lower doses of these
supplements than are usually taken and did not
measure ratio of testosterone to
epitestosterone (T:E ratio)
21. Anabolic Steroid Precursors
Subsequent independent scientific studies
DHEA
Does not seem to have much if any effect on fat-free
body mass and strength
Androstenedione
Causes a temporary increase in testosterone levels
Has no effect on body’s ability to make protein
Does not seem to have any effect on strength
No long term effect on blood testosterone levels
Chronic use causes increase in estrogen levels
22. Anabolic Steroid Precursors
Potential adverse effects
May cause liver damage
In females
Can cause male features in women
May increase risk of uterus cancer
In males
Can cause female features in men
May increase risk of prostate cancer
23. Anabolic Steroids and
Anabolic Steroid Precursors
Are banned and tested for by the USOC, IOC,
NCAA, NFL, NBA and MLB
NHL has no official policy and does not
perform testing
You can be disqualified from participating in
college sports if you test positive for a
substance banned by the NCAA
Whether or not you knew it was banned
Whether or not the product was mislabeled
24. Buyer Beware!
IOC funded study by Shanzer (Germany) from 10/00 to 11/01
Analyzed 634 products labeled as non-hormonal nutritional
supplements from 13 countries and 215 different suppliers
94 products (14.8%) were found to be “positive supplements” (contained
anabolic steroid precursors not declared on the label)
Anabolic androgenic steroid concentrations ranged from 0.01 to 190
micrograms per gram of supplement
23 products contained steroid precursors of nandrolone and testosterone
64 products contained steroid precursors of testosterone only
7 products contained steroid precursors of nandrolone only
Percentage of positive supplements per country
25.8% of products bought in Netherlands
22.7% of products bought in Austria
18.8% of products bought in UK
18.8% of products bought in US (45 positive out of 240 tested)
25. Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004
Signed into federal law on October 22, 2004
Amends the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 1990
Modifies the definition of anabolic steroids to include
tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), androstenedione, and specified
related chemicals
Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) to review federal
sentencing guidelines with respect to anabolic steroid-related
offenses
Amends guidelines to provide for increased penalties
Authorizes the Attorney General to exempt from regulation any
compound, mixture, or preparation containing an anabolic steroid
that does not present a significant abuse potential
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award
grants for science-based education programs in elementary and
secondary schools to highlight the harmful effects of anabolic
steroids and to ensure that the NSDUH includes questions
concerning the use of these drugs.
Source: Library of Congress
26. Conclusions
Nutrition plays an important role in an endurance
athlete’s ability to perform
Proper nutrition in combination with sound and
proven training techniques can help endurance
athletes to maximize their genetic abilities
Certain nutritional supplements have not
demonstrated any performance benefit in studies
27. Conclusions
Certain nutritional supplements can have
potentially dangerous side effects
Further legislation is needed to address the
dangers of some nutritional supplements
Professionals in the community need to be
resources of good information for athletes,
parents and coaches
Physicians
Physician assistants
Nurse practitioners
Athletic trainers
School nurses
Dieticians
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