Question

1. To increase muscle performance, Paige decides to use Carnitine, and protein powders. Discuss why Paige’s use of carnitine and protein powders will not give her an advantage in terms of muscle performance as compared with DJ’s more adequate diet and regular exercise.

2. Question #1 focused on Paige, and DJ; who are not mainly athletes, now, think in terms of those college students who are athletes. Why are amino acid supplements not recommended for athletes?

3. With the idea to improve performance some athletes use anabolic steroids, but why might the use of anabolic steroids actually work against the athlete in terms of enhancing performance?

4. Another common practice for student’s athletes is to take antioxidant supplements, but why do athletes take antioxidant supplements, and what concerns do experts have about them?

Answer 1

1. Protein is necessary for the muscle building

Protein powders

Through carnitine and protein powders we can track the intake of quatity of protein consumed and is readily available, but protein powders lacks the nutrition readily available in the natural protein containing foods such as iron lean beaf, healthy fats in salmon, calcium in yogurt, vitamin B contents in whole wheat. Along with that Dj did regular exercise which which sharpenes her brain, memory, cardio vascular status and eliminate the toxins in the body. This improves the muscle performance of DJ when compared to paige.

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2. Am average individual requires an average of 0.8 per pound per day and endurance athelete requires 1.2 to 1.4 grams of proteins. This required amount of protein is readily suppilied by the food consumpsion. The excess protein suppilied through the amino acid supplements can cause dehydration because it need more water to rid the body of the byproducts of protein metabolism. Along with this the amino acid supplements can cause weight gain, amino acid imbalance, altered the kidney functions because kidney should work hard to excrete the protein and causes osteoporosis( low bone density ). This is the reason amino acid suppilements are not recommended to athelets.

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3. Anabolic steroid produced by our body is testisterone, its main function is to promote muscle building and male trait such as facial hair and deeper voice. Anabolic steroids sometimes results in the success and the other side results in the lose based on the competiters. But it will results with the side effects such as prominent breasts, baldness, shrunken testicles, infertility, impotence and prostate gland enlargement in males, as well as a deeper voice, large clitoris, increased body hair, baldness, infrequent and absent periods in females.

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4. Certain research evidences proved high intake of antioxident reduces the performances and elicit detrimental effects on health, but interestingly lower doses shows better performance when compared to the higher doses. This might be the concern of experts towards antioxident supplements on athelets.