v2006 food supplements

Faculty of Sports Studies
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Michal Kumstát, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dominik Puda (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Michal Kumstát, Ph.D.
Department of Sport Performance and Exercise Testing – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Sport Performance and Exercise Testing – Faculty of Sports Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud) && BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud_fsps)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 105 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to present the broad use of dietary supplements in sport on the basis of the current knowledge.
Learning outcomes
Aftre completing the course students will be able to:
- define dietary supplements;
- read food labels correctly;
- orient and recommend dietary supplements for athletes in support of regeneration, adaptation and enhancement of sports performance;
- include nutrition supplements in the athlete's diet in order to optimize sports training;
- Assess the rationale for using food supplements in sport.
Syllabus
  • Legislative framework
  • Circumstances of the use of dietary supplements
  • Reading food labels
  • Classification of dietary supplemnts in sport
  • Ergogenic substances in sport
  • Carbohydrate based supplements
  • Protein based dietary supplements
  • Vitamins, minerals and other herbal substances as dietary supplements in sport nutrition.
Literature
  • BURKE, Louise, Vicki DEAKIN and Michelle MINEHAN. Clinical sports nutrition. 6th edition. Sydney: McGraw Hill Australia & New Zealand, 2021, xxiv, 687. ISBN 9781743767900. info
  • JEUKENDRUP, Asker and Michael GLEESON. Sport nutrition. Third edition. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2019, xiii, 602. ISBN 9781492529033. info
Teaching methods
practical seminars
Assessment methods
- 100 % participation in lessons - completed work on the chosen dietary supplement (assigned in the first block of lessons, group work in the last block of lessons)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 7 hodin blokově.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Minimální počet studentů přihlášených do seminární skupiny je 12.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, spring 2022, autumn 2022, spring 2023, autumn 2023, spring 2024, autumn 2024.
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