Avaliação do consumo de suplementos alimentares por praticantes de musculação de academias de Trindade – Goiás

Abstract

It has been found with this study the consumption of supplements by bodybuilders in Trinidad-GO academies, identifying the user profile, supplements used and some features of its use. The age range of participants was between 18 and 59 years. The consumption of nutritional supplements is determined by applying a suitable questionnaire delimited in the variables most commonly used supplement, purpose of the use, who suggested the use and purpose. The sample consisted of 267 bodybuilders (56.18% female and 43.82% male) and only 27.34% used supplements. The most consumed supplements were whey protein (43.83%), creatine (12.32%) and BCAA (10.95%). The main aim of supplementation was hypertrophy (15.36%). The indication of the supplement was made in 9.36% of cases the physical educator and 6.74% by nutritionist. It was concluded that the use of supplements in the analyzed group is not too high, however, that there is need for nutrition education consumer supplements to increase the level of information about them and to ensure safe use.