Title: Evaluating Sports Nutrition Sources
There are many sources of nutrition information for the athlete and/or people who coach athletes. How good are these websites? Let’s look at a few and evaluate.
For this discussion, find a source of nutrition information for an athlete which could be yourself. I don’t care how outrageous the source and its claims are because I want you to evaluate it using these red flags.
- Promises a quick fix.
- Dire danger warnings for a single product or regimen.
- Makes a claim that is too good to be true.
- Simple conclusions from a complex study.
- Recommendations are based on one or no research study.
- Statements are questioned by reputable scientific organizations.
- Lists “good” and “bad” foods.
- Recommendations are made to help sell a product.
- Recommendations are not evidence-based on peer-reviewed research studies.
- Recommendations use studies that ignore individual or group differences.
