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Assessment of dietary nitrate supplementation: prevalence of use, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among active Australians
INTRODUCTION: Use of nitrate as a dietary supplement has gained popularity among athletes and recreationally active individuals to enhance exercise performance. However, the prevalence and patterns of use, and knowledge of nitrate as a dietary supplement are unknown. METHODS: Individuals (≥16y) comp...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10652790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38024388 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1291431 |
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author | McMahon, Nicholas F. Brooker, Paige G. Pavey, Toby Leveritt, Michael D. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Use of nitrate as a dietary supplement has gained popularity among athletes and recreationally active individuals to enhance exercise performance. However, the prevalence and patterns of use, and knowledge of nitrate as a dietary supplement are unknown. METHODS: Individuals (≥16y) completed a 42-item online questionnaire to collect (i) sociodemographic information; (ii) participation in activity and sport; (iii) nitrate supplementation use and reasons; (iv) attitudes and beliefs regarding information sources and the safety of nitrate as a dietary supplement; and (v) knowledge of dietary nitrate supplements. RESULTS: In total, 1,404 active adults (66% female) took part in the study. Only about one in 10 respondents (11.9%) reported they had consumed dietary nitrate (“users”) in the past, most commonly as beetroot juice (31.3%). Over two-thirds (69.4%) of users could not correctly identify the correct timing of intake relative to performance time to best improve exercise performance, and most users (82.3%) were unsure of the contraindications to oral consumption of dietary nitrate supplements. Only 3.9% of users experienced adverse effects after ingesting dietary nitrate supplements. Among non-users, the most common reasons respondents selected for not using dietary nitrate supplements were “I do not think I need to” (70.2%) and “I have never thought about it” (69.2%). DISCUSSION: There is evidence to support the efficacy of dietary nitrate intake in improving exercise performance. However, findings from this study suggest dietary nitrate is under-utilized. Educational messages that target dietary nitrate consumption should be targeted toward nutritionists, coaches, and exercise physiologists to bridge the gap between knowledge-to-practice. |
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spelling | pubmed-106527902023-01-01 Assessment of dietary nitrate supplementation: prevalence of use, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among active Australians McMahon, Nicholas F. Brooker, Paige G. Pavey, Toby Leveritt, Michael D. Front Nutr Nutrition INTRODUCTION: Use of nitrate as a dietary supplement has gained popularity among athletes and recreationally active individuals to enhance exercise performance. However, the prevalence and patterns of use, and knowledge of nitrate as a dietary supplement are unknown. METHODS: Individuals (≥16y) completed a 42-item online questionnaire to collect (i) sociodemographic information; (ii) participation in activity and sport; (iii) nitrate supplementation use and reasons; (iv) attitudes and beliefs regarding information sources and the safety of nitrate as a dietary supplement; and (v) knowledge of dietary nitrate supplements. RESULTS: In total, 1,404 active adults (66% female) took part in the study. Only about one in 10 respondents (11.9%) reported they had consumed dietary nitrate (“users”) in the past, most commonly as beetroot juice (31.3%). Over two-thirds (69.4%) of users could not correctly identify the correct timing of intake relative to performance time to best improve exercise performance, and most users (82.3%) were unsure of the contraindications to oral consumption of dietary nitrate supplements. Only 3.9% of users experienced adverse effects after ingesting dietary nitrate supplements. Among non-users, the most common reasons respondents selected for not using dietary nitrate supplements were “I do not think I need to” (70.2%) and “I have never thought about it” (69.2%). DISCUSSION: There is evidence to support the efficacy of dietary nitrate intake in improving exercise performance. However, findings from this study suggest dietary nitrate is under-utilized. Educational messages that target dietary nitrate consumption should be targeted toward nutritionists, coaches, and exercise physiologists to bridge the gap between knowledge-to-practice. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10652790/ /pubmed/38024388 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1291431 Text en Copyright © 2023 McMahon, Brooker, Pavey and Leveritt. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Nutrition McMahon, Nicholas F. Brooker, Paige G. Pavey, Toby Leveritt, Michael D. Assessment of dietary nitrate supplementation: prevalence of use, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among active Australians |
title | Assessment of dietary nitrate supplementation: prevalence of use, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among active Australians |
title_full | Assessment of dietary nitrate supplementation: prevalence of use, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among active Australians |
title_fullStr | Assessment of dietary nitrate supplementation: prevalence of use, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among active Australians |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of dietary nitrate supplementation: prevalence of use, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among active Australians |
title_short | Assessment of dietary nitrate supplementation: prevalence of use, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among active Australians |
title_sort | assessment of dietary nitrate supplementation: prevalence of use, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among active australians |
topic | Nutrition |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10652790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38024388 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1291431 |
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