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Is any training technique, mechanical device, nutritional ingredient or practice pharmacological method or
psychological technique that can improve exercise performance capacity or enhance training adaptations.
A nutritional supplement is ergogenic if peer reviewed studies demonstrate the supplement significantly enhances
exercise performance following – weeks to months of ingestion.
A supplement may also have ergogenic value if it acutely enhances the ability of an athlete to perform an exercise
task or enhances recovery from a single exercise.
DEFINITION OF SUPPLEMENT
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 ("DSHEA"), is a 1994 statute of United States Federal
legislation which defines and regulates dietary supplements.
DSHEA defines the term:
"dietary supplement"
• to mean a product (other than tobacco) intended to supplement the
diet that bears or contains one or more dietary ingredients, including
a vitamin, a mineral, an herb or other botanical, an amino acid, a
dietary substance for use by human to supplement the diet by
increasing the total dietary intake, or a concentrate, metabolite,
constituent, extract, or combination of any of the aforementioned
ingredients.
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
Dietary supplements to enhance exercise and athletic performance come in a variety of forms, including tablets,
capsules, liquids, powders, and bars.
Many of these products contain numerous ingredients in varied combinations and amounts.
Among the more common ingredients are amino acids, protein, creatine, and caffeine.
According to one estimate, retail sales of the category of “sports nutrition supplements” totaled $5.67 billion in
2016, or 13.8% of $41.16 billion total sales for dietary supplements and related nutrition products for that year
CONS IN THE USE OF SUPPLEMENTS IN SPORT:
https://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/ergogenic-aids
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT (AIS) SPORTS SUPPLEMENT
CLASSIFICATION
The ABCD Classification system ranks sports foods and supplement ingredients into four groups according to
scientific evidence and other practical considerations that determine whether a product is safe, permitted and
effective in improving sports performance.
The ABCD Classification system focuses on sports foods and individual ingredients rather than specific
supplement products and brands.
SUPPLEMENT ABUSE
The world of sports and physical activity is full of products that seek greater resistance.
Accelerate recovery
The "food supplement" does not require a sanitary registration for its commercialization, it is enough to present a
notice of operation before COFEPRIS in which the product is defined, the name of the product should be
indicated and the company is identified and indicated.
In the other hand, ANAISA, brings together leading companies, both national and international, of nutritional
supplements.
https://anaisa.mx/
https://gnc.com.mx/suplementos.html
https://portal.omnilife.com/productos/aloe-beta-4210604
https://www.suplementosfitness.com.mx/producto/optimum-
nutrition-whey-gold-standard-5-lb/
CERTIFIED PRODUCTS
Kreider,Richard B. Essentials of Exercise & Sport Nutrition: Science to Practice. Lulu Publishing Services 2019.
Mahan, K., Escott-Stump, S., Raymond, J. (2013). Krause Dietoterapia. Elsevier: España.
THE AIS SPORTS SUPPLEMENT FRAMEWORK. February 2019.
Asociación Nacional de la Industria de Suplementos Alimenticios, A.C. en línea [https://anaisa.mx/]
National Institute of Health. En línea: [https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/ExerciseAndAthleticPerformance-
HealthProfessional/]