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Protein supplementation in strength and conditioning adepts: knowledge, dietary behavior and practice in Palermo, Italy
BACKGROUND: It is known that supplement use is a widespread and accepted practice by athletes and people who attend commercial gyms. Little is known about protein supplement amongst people undertaking strength training in commercial gyms in Italy when compared to the US. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267647/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22206347 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1550-2783-8-25 |
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author | Bianco, Antonino Mammina, Caterina Paoli, Antonio Bellafiore, Marianna Battaglia, Giuseppe Caramazza, Giovanni Palma, Antonio Jemni, Monèm |
author_facet | Bianco, Antonino Mammina, Caterina Paoli, Antonio Bellafiore, Marianna Battaglia, Giuseppe Caramazza, Giovanni Palma, Antonio Jemni, Monèm |
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description | BACKGROUND: It is known that supplement use is a widespread and accepted practice by athletes and people who attend commercial gyms. Little is known about protein supplement amongst people undertaking strength training in commercial gyms in Italy when compared to the US. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the use of protein supplementation, alone or in association with other supplements, and dietary behavior amongst regular fitness center attendees in Palermo, Italy. DESIGN: Resistance training information have been collected from 800 regular fitness center attendees for the initial analysis. A specific questionnaire was generated for the experimentation. Data were collected using a face-to-face interview method. Supplement users were then compared to the non users and analyzed using a one-way ANOVA, Kruskall-Wallis, chi-square test or exact test of Fisher when appropriate. RESULTS: 30.1% of the respondents use dietary supplements during their training as a believe it is the "way to gain muscles and strength". Whey protein shakes (50.0%) mixed with creatine and amino-acids (48.3%) were the most frequent choices amongst the users. A majority of the subjects (34.0%) appeared to rely on their gym instructors' advice for their intake; a lower proportion (13.0%) consulted physicians, while none of them consulted nutritionists. A high consumption of milk has been noticed in both users (67,7%) and non-users (52,8%); supplement non-users consumed significantly more snacks and bakery products than users per week (P < 0.001), while users consumed significantly more protein-rich foods (P < 0.01) with a particular preference for meat (48.0%). CONCLUSIONS: A considerable number of regular strength training adepts consume protein supplements mixed with other products (mainly creatine and amino-acids). Limited numbers consult "dietary specialists" and rely mainly on their instructors. We emphasize on the importance of the dissemination of scientifically based information about supplementation in this environment and the promotion of updated educational programs for the instructors. |
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spelling | pubmed-32676472012-01-28 Protein supplementation in strength and conditioning adepts: knowledge, dietary behavior and practice in Palermo, Italy Bianco, Antonino Mammina, Caterina Paoli, Antonio Bellafiore, Marianna Battaglia, Giuseppe Caramazza, Giovanni Palma, Antonio Jemni, Monèm J Int Soc Sports Nutr Research Article BACKGROUND: It is known that supplement use is a widespread and accepted practice by athletes and people who attend commercial gyms. Little is known about protein supplement amongst people undertaking strength training in commercial gyms in Italy when compared to the US. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the use of protein supplementation, alone or in association with other supplements, and dietary behavior amongst regular fitness center attendees in Palermo, Italy. DESIGN: Resistance training information have been collected from 800 regular fitness center attendees for the initial analysis. A specific questionnaire was generated for the experimentation. Data were collected using a face-to-face interview method. Supplement users were then compared to the non users and analyzed using a one-way ANOVA, Kruskall-Wallis, chi-square test or exact test of Fisher when appropriate. RESULTS: 30.1% of the respondents use dietary supplements during their training as a believe it is the "way to gain muscles and strength". Whey protein shakes (50.0%) mixed with creatine and amino-acids (48.3%) were the most frequent choices amongst the users. A majority of the subjects (34.0%) appeared to rely on their gym instructors' advice for their intake; a lower proportion (13.0%) consulted physicians, while none of them consulted nutritionists. A high consumption of milk has been noticed in both users (67,7%) and non-users (52,8%); supplement non-users consumed significantly more snacks and bakery products than users per week (P < 0.001), while users consumed significantly more protein-rich foods (P < 0.01) with a particular preference for meat (48.0%). CONCLUSIONS: A considerable number of regular strength training adepts consume protein supplements mixed with other products (mainly creatine and amino-acids). Limited numbers consult "dietary specialists" and rely mainly on their instructors. We emphasize on the importance of the dissemination of scientifically based information about supplementation in this environment and the promotion of updated educational programs for the instructors. BioMed Central 2011-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3267647/ /pubmed/22206347 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1550-2783-8-25 Text en Copyright ©2011 Bianco et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Bianco, Antonino Mammina, Caterina Paoli, Antonio Bellafiore, Marianna Battaglia, Giuseppe Caramazza, Giovanni Palma, Antonio Jemni, Monèm Protein supplementation in strength and conditioning adepts: knowledge, dietary behavior and practice in Palermo, Italy |
title | Protein supplementation in strength and conditioning adepts: knowledge, dietary behavior and practice in Palermo, Italy |
title_full | Protein supplementation in strength and conditioning adepts: knowledge, dietary behavior and practice in Palermo, Italy |
title_fullStr | Protein supplementation in strength and conditioning adepts: knowledge, dietary behavior and practice in Palermo, Italy |
title_full_unstemmed | Protein supplementation in strength and conditioning adepts: knowledge, dietary behavior and practice in Palermo, Italy |
title_short | Protein supplementation in strength and conditioning adepts: knowledge, dietary behavior and practice in Palermo, Italy |
title_sort | protein supplementation in strength and conditioning adepts: knowledge, dietary behavior and practice in palermo, italy |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267647/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22206347 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1550-2783-8-25 |
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