FOOD, MEDICINE, & HEALTH

Dietary Supplements and Sports Performance
At the 2004 Olympic games, athletes gave world record–breaking performances. Success at this level of sport competition is dependent primarily on genetic endowment of morphologic, psychologic, physiologic, and metabolic traits specific to a given sport, combined with superior training to optimize these traits. However, many athletes attempt to go beyond their endowments and training and use various techniques and substances, particularly nutritional stra…