The present study was conducted to determine macronutrient, liquid, and nutritional supplements intake in male athletes.
Forty male athletes living in Ankara and attending to various sport clubs participated in this study. A
survey was given to subjects for including questions about sports life,
nutrition habits, and liquid consumption.
Within the scope of the study, i; a
questionnaire containing questions about sporting life, eating habits and
liquid consumption, ii; 3-day food consumption record form, iii; 3-day physical
activity record form were applied to athletes. Athletes were grouped as
strength/power (P) athletes (n=26) and team (T) athletes (n=14). 55,0% of the
athletes use nutritional supplements and the most commonly used nutritional
supplements are branched chain amino acids (35,0%), whey protein (32,5%) and
glutamine (20,0%), respectively. When the food consumption records of the
athletes are examined, it was found that both groups of athletes were found to
have inadequate energy (P:46,1±17,6
kcal/kg/day, T:41,7±11,1 kcal/kg/day; p>0,05). It was found that athletes
consumed low amount of carbohydrate (P:5,0±2,4 g/kg/day, T:5,5±1,7 g/kg/day;
p>0,05) and that P athletes consumed high protein while T athletes consumed
at recommended levels (2,7±1,3 g/kg/day, 1,5±0,5 g/kg/day; p<0,05). While
the difference between groups was significant for the percentages of energy
from carbohydrates (P:42,7±8,2%, T:52,1±5,5%; p<0,05) and proteins (P:24,3±8,6%,
T:14,6±2,4%; p<0,05), the percentages of energy from the lipids are within
the recommended levels and there is no significant difference between the
groups (P:33,0±11,5%, T:33,3±5,1%; p>0,05). Finally, it can be said that the
liquid intake of athletes is at normal levels according to recommended values
for adults.
Sports nutrition Eating habits Athlete health Fluid consumption
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Spor Hekimliği |
Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 30 Mart 2018 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2018 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 1 |