background the use of dietary supplements is very common in sport gyms worldwide. however, their use in exercisers in lebanese gyms has never been investigated. conclusions these results indicate a lack of awareness among people who exercise regularly on the benefits and side-effects of dietary supplements. there is an urgent need for the implementation of campaigns that target gym users in leb...

b a ckground: the aim of this study was to determine the type and frequency of dietary supplements use among elite soccer players in 2011/12 season of iran’s premier football league. m ethods : this was a cross-sectional study. we randomly selected 13 teams from 18 teams in 2011/2012 season. all players of each team took part in our study. a total  of  234  soccer  players  enrolled  in  the  s...

conclusions the used protocol is not enough for treating vitamin d deficiency. furthermore, the protocol should be revised according to baseline vitamin d classification. results after initial evaluation, 116 cases were found to be deficient, and were divided into two equal groups of 58. no significant difference was found between the normal, treated and non-treated groups regarding age and gen...

background and aims: nutrition has a determinant role in success of professional athletes and dietary supplements can play an important role for supplying the nutritional needs for them in some situations. consumption of dietary supplements (ds) was significantly increased in recent years. based on this fact, assessing the amount, purposes and type of the supplements are all as prior as the aff...

background: through its membrane and intracellular receptors, vitamin d regulates many vital functions in the body including its well known actions on musculoskeletal system. growing body of evidences demonstrate that vitamin d undergoes some of behavioral aspects of neurocognition. the present study was designed to evaluate the effect of food regimens without vitamin d or with a supplement of ...

conclusions oral mg supplementation did not protect the cp induced nephrotoxicity in diabetic rats. results cp administration in normoglycemic rats significantly elevated the serum levels of blood urea nitrogen (bun) and creatinine (cr) (p < 0.05). however, coadministration of cp and mg statistically increased the serum levels of bun and cr in both normoglycemic and diabetic animals when compar...

context the aim of this study was to review research articles concerning association between dietary factors and infertility in males and females. evidence acquisition literature review was performed on articles concerning male and female infertility and nutrition using the pubmed, embase, and scientific information databases between january 1978 and july 2014. the bibliographies of included st...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of dietary supplement consumption and other effective factors in athletes in tabriz. 150 male athletes (23±5 years) from different sport fields volunteered to participate in this study. a 17-item questionnaire was used to investigate subjects’ sport field and sport history, reasons to consume dietary supplements, sources of information...

conclusion: this study showed positive effect of the 2000 iu/day oral vitamin d on the serum level elevation of this vitamin in reproductive women. results: at baseline the mean serum levels of vitamin d in the control group was 23.34 ± 15.87 nmol/l and in intervention group was 25.13 ± 18.46 nmol/l, that these values didn’t have any significant difference (p = 0.43), while after intervention, ...

background: due to the increasing global use of nutritional supplements, dietitians play a key role in raising consumer awareness and reducing supplementary side effects. hence, determination of the states of knowledge, attitudes and practices of this group as to common dietary supplements is important.   methods: a list of all the dietitians employed in the health centers, nutrition clinics an...