Oliver Antonio J Sánchez, León María Teresa Miranda, Hernández Eduardo Guerra
Dpto. de Nutrición y Bromatología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Granada, España.
Arch Latinoam Nutr. 2008 Sep;58(3):221-7.
The abuse of all types of substance to improve sport performance and physical fitness has spread to regularly gym users. The aim of this study was to evaluate the intake of nutritional and dietary supplements in a group of 415 individuals (260 males and 155 females) from 4 gyms in Seville (Spain). The users completed a previously designed questionnaire whose content validity had been tested in a pilot study. Out of the total sample, 56.14% had consumed a supplement at some time. Among these, the objective was improvement of physical appearance in 57.16%, health care in 16.7%, and sports performance enhancement in 13.2%. The profile of the supplement consumer is a young man who has performed activities in gyms for some time, goes to the gym for several hours a week and is on some type of diet. The percentage of nutritional supplement users (56%) is within values reported in other studies. The five supplements most frequently consumed by these individuals were (in decreasing order): proteins (28%), L-carnitine (18.6%), sport drinks (18.3%), creatine (17.1%) and vitamin complex (17.1%).
滥用各类物质以提高运动成绩和身体素质的现象已蔓延至经常去健身房的人群。本研究旨在评估来自西班牙塞维利亚4家健身房的415名个体(260名男性和155名女性)营养和膳食补充剂的摄入量。参与者填写了一份先前设计的问卷,该问卷的内容效度已在一项预试验中得到检验。在总样本中,56.14%的人曾在某个时候服用过补充剂。其中,服用目的是改善外表的占57.16%,保健的占16.7%,提高运动成绩的占13.2%。补充剂消费者的特征是一名年轻男性,他在健身房锻炼已有一段时间,每周去健身房几个小时,并且正在进行某种节食。营养补充剂使用者的比例(56%)在其他研究报告的范围内。这些人最常服用的五种补充剂依次为(按降序排列):蛋白质(28%)、左旋肉碱(18.6%)、运动饮料(18.3%)、肌酸(17.1%)和复合维生素(17.1%)。