La consommation des compléments alimentaires chez les sportifs amateurs de la wilaya de Sétif

Abstract

Several studies have indicated that a large proportion of the athletes around the world use dietary supplements to improve their skills and enhance their athletic performance and the most common supplements used by them are: amino acids, protein, creatine and caffeine. The reason behind the descriptive cross-sectional survey that we’ve done with 100 athletes in SETIF, is to collect all the informations about the consumption of dietary supplements and to also mention the risk of it, depending on a simple questionnaire given to each athlete. 74% of our athletes declared that they use dietary supplements during their workout no matter what the type of sport is. 89% were satisfied and they indicated that the use of these dietary supplements helped them a lot to reach their goals and didn’t harm them in any way, when 9% of them declared that they suffered from some side effects such as: diarrhea, constipation, gas, stomachache and kidneys pain. The scientific research and our survey, show that the consumption of the dietary supplements boost the energy of the athletes and upgrade their performance level, but they need to be taken with precaution to avoid any kind of side effects.