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- Created by: Greatwight
- Created on: 13-06-17 21:26
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- Discuss the reason why elite sport performers might use supplementation in their preparation and highlight potential issues with such practice
- Carbohydrates: Increase glycogen stores
- Creatine: Maxmise the body creatine stores
- Caffine: Improve reaction time
- Yinseug: Helps reduce fatigue
- Vitamins: Vitamin A, helps to boost the athletes immune system
- Mineral: Iron, helps with red blood cell production
- All done to give the athlete a competitive advantage
- Some supplements are illegal, like steroids, diuretics, seen as cheating
- Lance Armstrong - used blood doping in cycling, used it in every Tour de France he won, all seven of them
- Can be potentially harmful to the athlete, causing health problems
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