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Sports Nutrition

Sports nutrition involves all aspects of an athlete's "fuel" and can range anywhere from supplements to fruits and vegetables to water. It has been found that certain drinks, like energy drinks, actually harm performance rather than improve it. Furthermore, balanced amounts of macronutrients and vitamins need to be taken properly because too much or too little of something can be harmful to a recovering athlete. There are also many type of factors affecting nutritional needs, such as the type of exercise and the type of athlete. This page references multiple studies and cites them for evidence, which is a strength. However, there is not much information on factors that affect nutritional needs, aside from anaerobic exercise. This page seems to be rather neutral and does not choose sides in the controversy of sports nutrition.

Bodybuilding Supplements

Bodybuilding supplements encompass a wide variety of products, such as protein powder, meal replacements, and dietary supplements. Bodybuilding supplements are designed to quickly increase a person's bulk, meaning increasing their weight and muscle mass. This usually results in lean or bulky toned muscles. However, they come with severe side effects, especially if abused or used incorrectly. This article provides many examples of these supplements and seem to have thorough information for each. On the other hand, the page seems to have a lot of non-cited, primary evidence that may be easily refuted. Although there is a lot of primary evidence, the page maintains a fairly neutral stance on the topic.

Sports Medicine

Sports medicine is used to treat athletes with sports-related injuries and is designed to get athletes competing healthily and safely as soon as possible. There is a long history of sports medicine, as athletes have always needed it, and it has resulted in the creation of many companies and organizations. This page does a good job with defining the purpose of and the different types of sports medicine; however, it fails to mention different ways and methods of treating common injuries. For instance, there is no single method mentioned that can typically encompass all needs. It also does lack citing in the majority of the page. It does maintain a neutral stance on sports medicine and is not biased for or against athletes.

Sports Injury

Athletes in any sport are prone to injuries, as stated on this page. There are many injuries related to specific sports categories, such as contact or overuse, but there are also injuries that come with being an athlete. This page does a really good job at explaining the different types of injuries in different areas of the body, and possible ways to go about treating the injuries. It also explains classification, risk factors and prevention of injuries, which is incredibly helpful information for active athletes. The main weakness of this page is that it lacks well-needed citations in some areas. Once again, this is a fairly neutral page that may be read as erring on the side of caution but is overall neutral.

Policy and Psychosocial Dimensions of Sports Nutrition

"Nutrition guidelines for strength sports: Sprinting, weightlifting, throwing events, and body building"

Athletes need adequate nutrition in order to have fuel, recovery, and the ability to change in response to the physical demands of their sport. Each of the macronutrients are important to the athlete, who has to keep a close eye on their diet in order to make sure they are getting the proper fuel before and after a workout. Post-workout recovery is optimal with either carbs, proteins, or a mix. Fluid intake also needs to be regulated and kept high. The energy intake depends on the athlete, as weightlifters need more than endurance athletes.

This article can help my take on Sports Nutrition because it goes in depth on each macronutrient and supplements. It also compares athletes across different types of sports, thus showing the different needs. There are not as many 'policies' mentioned in the article as the abstract led me to believe, but it does mention vague guidelines. This article is most definitely in favor of regulated nutrition for athletes.

"Sport-specific nutrition: Practical strategies for team sports"

There are 3 basic types of sports teams, and each have different nutritional needs. The nutrition needed for training is different from competition nutrition, and it also depends on size and body composition as well. Teammates usually need to have similar diets in order to maximize team performance,; however, it also must be tapered to best support the individual as well. It is a tricky balance. But nutrition does not solely depend on food. It also depends on fluid intake, age and supplements.

This article can help my take on Sports Nutrition because it covers more areas, such as body composition, age throughout sports, types of teams, and fluids and foods. It goes in depth on a number of subjects, like those previously listed, and it compares across teams. This article does propose a number of policies, which are helpful, but it also doesn't go too much into the types of foods and macronutrients needed. This article supports athlete fueling and proper nutrition.

"Food for Thought: Notes on Food, Performance, and the Athletic Body"

This article discusses sports nutrition and its psychological effects. It discusses several aspects of being an athlete and competing, such as playing through injuries and carb-loading before competition. It shows many examples of men in sports and how their nutrition affects both themselves and their performance. However, it also explores the idea that one's nutrition also depends on their cultural surroundings. Marketers target athletes in order to convince them to consume their products.

This article can help my take on Sports Nutrition by exploring both how the nutrition affects athletes and their performance, but also how it can be manipulated by marketers. It does a good job of providing real world examples, as well as explaining exactly how they are using certain malleable terms. One weakness of this article is that it does not explore the psychological effects as much as the abstract led me to believe. This article is very neutral and does not take sides, even mentioning that there are no conflicting interests.

"Cross-behavior associations and multiple health behavior change: A longitudinal study on physical activity and fruit and vegetable intake"

A study was conducted in which physical activity and fruit/vegetable intake were regulated and one's psychosocial behavior was tracked. Researchers were interested in seeing if these two variables would improve one's mental and physical health. There were some behaviors, such as smoking, that could affect the results differently. Aside from smoking, it was evident that there were positive effects of physical activity and the fruit/vegetable intake when it came to physical health and joints.

This article can be helpful because it lays out the study step-by-step, and explains it in a clear manner. It is evident that this was well researched, as the researchers looked at several different changing variables. One weakness this study has is that it does not go into too much detail about the physical activity and how this would affect the average athlete. This study is neutral, and supports healthy nutrition and physical activity. There was no 3rd party funding, so the results are not biased towards one result over the other.