We can do more than Stress: Sport Studies

Nutritional supplements – increased performance?

Nutritional supplements are concentrated sources of nutrients with nutrition-specific or physiological effects that augment normal nutrition. In the form of pills, tablets, capsules or fluids, the body can be supplied with a specific dose of nutrients. Nutritional supplements are used to compensate nutrition-specific deficiencies or ensure the appropriate absorption of certain nutrients.

Increasingly, professional athletes in particular, but meanwhile also amateur and recreational athletes, are falling back on nutritional supplements to support muscle growth or fat loss, accelerate regeneration, compensate an unbalanced diet or achieve a general performance increase. Athletes most commonly consume additional vitamins, minerals and amino acids in the form of nutritional supplements. The various effects of specific nutrients on the body have often been investigated repeatedly and are therefore well known. However, individual circumstance, the exact composition of the nutritional supplement as well as the substance’s stability all play an important role and must therefore be taken into account.

To test a product’s exact effects, it is necessary to conduct a clinical study that is well thought through.

Depending on the research question, various study designs and sports science test methods as well as established methods of performance diagnostics may be applied. Alongside questionnaires, these may include bioelectric impedance analyses, submaximal stress tests or strength measurements. We are happy to consult you with our longstanding expertise and our sports science know-how.