Ergogenic agents (food additives)

By definition, the additive means what is added to the food to compensate for the deficiency in nutrients. However, athletes consume food supplements to improve sports performance and health. Scientific evidence confirming the correctness of the indications for the use of these products is very small. Many studies are constructed quite primitively, with the involvement of the wrong contingent of subjects to which additives are calculated. New additives appear almost every month. This section discusses some of the most popular supplements, the possibility of using them and reasonable recommendations for people working with athletes.

Clenbuterol for weight loss

The drug Clenbuterol belongs to the pharmacological group of beta-adrenergic agonists for the treatment of bronchopulmonary diseases.

Lycopene

Lycopene is an antioxidant essential for the human body. Let's consider its beneficial properties, products containing this substance and features of use.

Coffee and blood pressure

For most people, a morning without a cup of coffee becomes somehow incomplete, unfinished. However, many coffee lovers are often worried about the numerous myths and taboos that hover around an ordinary cup of coffee: coffee and blood pressure, heart, blood vessels.

L-carnitine

About 90% of the carnitine that enters the body is found in muscle tissue. Theoretically, carnitine supplements may increase fatty acid oxidation by facilitating...

Glutamine

Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid found in human plasma and muscle. Skeletal muscle synthesizes, stores, and releases glutamine at a high rate...

Glucosamine / chondroitin sulfate

Glucosamine is an amino sugar synthesized in the body that plays an important role in the maintenance and restoration of cartilage. Glucosamine is believed to stimulate cartilage cells to synthesize...

Ephedra or ma guang

Ephedra may improve athletic performance by increasing cardiac output, dilating bronchial airways, enhancing muscle contractility, and (possibly) increasing blood glucose levels during exercise...

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is called the "youth hormone" in popular magazines. DHEA and its precursor are the most widely used steroid hormones in adult men and women...

Conjugated linoleic acid

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a naturally occurring product found primarily in beef, lamb, and dairy products...

Caffeine

Although caffeine is relatively harmless, large doses can cause side effects including nausea, muscle tremors, increased heart rate, and headaches...

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