2000
DOI: 10.1016/s1047-9651(18)30109-8
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Performance-Enhancing Supplements

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“…These behavioral modifications have brought new responsibilities to physical education professionals, placing them in an essential position for recommendations not only to athletes, who were always under their orientation, but also to common citizens. For instance, physical educators have a strong recognized influence on the decision of many people practicing physical activities to use well-known nutritional supplements or ergogenic aids [1][2][3][4] such as protein and amino acids [5,6], carnitine [7], creatine [8], sports drinks [9], and/or anabolic-androgenic steroids [10].…”
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“…These behavioral modifications have brought new responsibilities to physical education professionals, placing them in an essential position for recommendations not only to athletes, who were always under their orientation, but also to common citizens. For instance, physical educators have a strong recognized influence on the decision of many people practicing physical activities to use well-known nutritional supplements or ergogenic aids [1][2][3][4] such as protein and amino acids [5,6], carnitine [7], creatine [8], sports drinks [9], and/or anabolic-androgenic steroids [10].…”
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“…103-417, 103rd Cong., 2nd Sess., October 25, 1994), the United States Food and Drug Administration does not have strict authority to regulate the manufacture or sale of these products. This deregulation led to the explosion in the marketing of such products and their purchase by eager consumers, resulting in the creation of a multibilliondollar industry that is subject to little or no government control or oversight with regard to the purity, consistency, potency, drug interaction, and potential side effects of its products (15,17,30).The use of anabolic steroids, stimulants, and performanceenhancing substances has become a temptation for, as well as a practiced behavior of, many amateur, school, and professional athletes (1, 3). Despite extensive efforts to discourage or ban the use of these substances at many levels of organized sports, a certain number of athletes nonetheless exist who seek a competitive advantage by the use of such compounds.…”
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“…Creatine is marketed as an ergonomic aid and is used to enhance energy use by increasing energy production, control, and efficiency. Popularized in the early 1990s, creatine has been purported to increase skeletal muscle creatine concentration by up to 20%, thereby increasing the resynthesis of adenosine triphosphate during periods of peak muscular contraction (5,15,23,30). Although the overall safety profile of this compound may be reasonable, the literature on it is controversial.…”
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