Sports Medicine Essay

Review for Final

Placebo effect – doesn’t work but it does cuz the person is optimistic about the product.

Under 10 seconds – cryatin

2 acid buffers – sodium bicarbonate (raises ph out of the cell) and beta alenin

caffeine- gorana

asperin = white willow bark

caffeine, aspirin, and

caffeine = ,Improve muscle contraction, motivates an athlete (makes exercise feel easier). more on the arobic side of things

HMB = FOUND IN CATFISH AND GRAPEFRUIT, good for muscle mass.

Highest quality protein = whey protein

Garlic = has a bunch of fito chemicals that will help reduce the blood from claughtiong and lowers blood pressure a little

Ekinaetia = common herb used in teas, small toxin, enough to increase immune responses, you may actually not get a cold or virus that is going on, but it hurts your immune system in the long run.

Statin = lower cholesterol then get CoQ10 to raise cholesterol.

El Carnatin = protein used to burn fat

St. Johns Wort = comes from a plant, shown to have some chemicals that act as serotonin reuptake inhibitors, it is an anti-depresent. in women it will reduce the birth control effects in men it will lower sperm count makes you more sensitive to the sunlight.

Folate = something about pregnancy
Ginco Biloba = found in rockstar and good for memory.

Red Yeast Rice = Statin drug

1. Tribulus - widespread plant - it is the vine
- used in Chinese medicine for years
- contains saponins (which are steroidal and can increase DHEA)
- since DHEA is converted to estrtogen it is believed to improve sexual desire, cure impotence.
- body builders
- combined with other anabolic agents may increaser with increased testosterone levels, but lack scientific support.
- research does not show any evidence that this supplement improves athletic or other performance.
- Less effective than placebo at improving endurance (ergolytic)

2. Vyosteira - herbal supplement - has no evidence of being beneficial - advertised to inhibit myostatin (which prevents muscle differentiation and growth of satellite cells.) - if this were true it would make anabolic steroids look weakly anabolic in comparison.

3. Rhodiola Rosea - known as the “arctic Root” - sometimes used to improve mood in cold climates - has been proposed to fight off mental fatigue in long endurance races. - One study (200 milg)

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