SPHS 503 American Public University System Ergogenic Aid & Whole Foods Discussion Forum A: (min 250 words, provide references) Title: Ergogenic Aid This

SPHS 503 American Public University System Ergogenic Aid & Whole Foods Discussion Forum A: (min 250 words, provide references)

Title: Ergogenic Aid

This forum discussion will be on ergogenic aids. As an introduction, go to the following website and read the story:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-nw-supplements-quiz-20110909,0,1317703.story

Now go to this website and learn about ergogenic aids: http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010301/913.html.

If you have trouble accessing this website, a PDF version is attached to this forum.

From the list below, select one ergogenic aid. The list below was developed from Table 3 in the article above. Not every ergogenic aid in Table 3 is listed below. You must pick one of the ergogenic aids listed below. Do not pick an ergogenic aid that another student has selected and posted.

If you want to learn more about the ergogenic aid, a compendium on these is currently in the process of being published. Twenty have been completed. I put these under “Resources, Week 4, Ergogenic Aid Articles.” These will give you more information and may help you pick the aid you might want to discuss. If you would like to discuss one of the aids in these articles, but it is not on the list, send me an email to approve.

Now go to the APUS online library and find one published peer-reviewed research article on the ergogenic aid you picked. Do not use Muscle Magazine or a similar magazine because these are for the general public and are not peer-reviewed. The journal article you select should be a research study that shows how your chosen ergogenic aid affects athletic performance, positively or negatively. Remember, a research article is not a review article. A research article reports the results of a research study. You can tell the difference between a research article and a review article because a review article summarizes several research studies.

If you cannot find a research article in the APUS online library, go to the following website: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed. In the search bar at the top, enter the ergogenic aid you selected.

In your Forum discussion:

list your selected ergogenic aid,
provide the reference for your selected article,
describe how your particular ergogenic aid purportedly enhances performance,
describe the study and the results, and
evaluate the article. For example, does the study make appropriate conclusions from its data? Was the study designed correctly to address the hypothesis?

Forum B: (minimum 250 words, provided references)

itle: Whole Foods Effect on Athletic Performance

Read the following article that appeared in the Medical Daily.

Article for General Public

We are seeing many of these types of articles in the media for the general public. Whole foods have health properties.

Here is the original peer-reviewed research article: Original Research Article

For this forum discussion, find a peer-reviewed research article that associates a whole food, like avocados, with athletic performance. You can pick any whole food, but you will have the most success if you choose a plant-based food. Once you have selected your food, search for that food in PubMed. I attached an article I found when I searched “blueberry exercise.” You may want to focus on exercise since this is a sports nutrition class but you do not have to. It will depend on the food you have selected. You may have to choose several different foods until you find one that has articles showing it has health benefits. If you pick a plant product, such as a vegetable or fruit, you should find an article reasonably quickly.

Do not pick a product someone else has selected.

Do not select blueberries.

In your forum discussion, you will need to discuss the article you selected. Don’t forget to include some background information. Here are some suggestions? Tell us:

the food you picked
the effect it has on health,
summarize the research paper you found,
evaluate the study