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Herbs as an Active Ingredient in Sport: Availability and Information on the Internet

The use of supplements containing herbal active ingredients in sport has increased in recent years. Their consumption is explained by the benefits they may provide and because their natural origin do not involve health complications, from the point of view of the consumers. The aim of this study is...

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Autores principales: Garcia, Juan F., Arribalzaga, Soledad, Díez, Raquel, Lopez, Cristina, Fernandez, M. Nelida, Garcia, Juan J., Diez, M. Jose, Seco-Calvo, Jesús, Sierra, Matilde, Sahagún, Ana M.
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9268717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35807943
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14132764
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author Garcia, Juan F.
Arribalzaga, Soledad
Díez, Raquel
Lopez, Cristina
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Garcia, Juan J.
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Sierra, Matilde
Sahagún, Ana M.
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description The use of supplements containing herbal active ingredients in sport has increased in recent years. Their consumption is explained by the benefits they may provide and because their natural origin do not involve health complications, from the point of view of the consumers. The aim of this study is to analyze the availability of four supplements (caffeine, turmeric, ginseng, cannabidiol) on the internet and understand the nature of these websites. A descriptive, observational, and cross-sectional study design was used. A detailed search was carried out with specifically developed software. The searches and data evaluation took 10 days. The websites consulted correspond to those that sell supplements, or some sport websites in the case of the Spanish ones, whereas those in English belong to pharmacies, parapharmacies, or herbalists. It is concluded that the websites do not provide adequate information to ensure proper consumption and lack advice on the choices of supplements and their administration guidelines.
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spelling pubmed-92687172022-07-09 Herbs as an Active Ingredient in Sport: Availability and Information on the Internet Garcia, Juan F. Arribalzaga, Soledad Díez, Raquel Lopez, Cristina Fernandez, M. Nelida Garcia, Juan J. Diez, M. Jose Seco-Calvo, Jesús Sierra, Matilde Sahagún, Ana M. Nutrients Article The use of supplements containing herbal active ingredients in sport has increased in recent years. Their consumption is explained by the benefits they may provide and because their natural origin do not involve health complications, from the point of view of the consumers. The aim of this study is to analyze the availability of four supplements (caffeine, turmeric, ginseng, cannabidiol) on the internet and understand the nature of these websites. A descriptive, observational, and cross-sectional study design was used. A detailed search was carried out with specifically developed software. The searches and data evaluation took 10 days. The websites consulted correspond to those that sell supplements, or some sport websites in the case of the Spanish ones, whereas those in English belong to pharmacies, parapharmacies, or herbalists. It is concluded that the websites do not provide adequate information to ensure proper consumption and lack advice on the choices of supplements and their administration guidelines. MDPI 2022-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9268717/ /pubmed/35807943 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14132764 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Seco-Calvo, Jesús
Sierra, Matilde
Sahagún, Ana M.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9268717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35807943
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