Evaluating the Effect of Some Nutritional Supplements on the Health Status of Athletes

This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of
different four classes of nutritional supplements which was
consumed by 15 Bodybuilder athletes with wight range
between 67-75 kg with total of five groups of volunteers (3
replicates per group). The groups of athlete’s diet
included, the normal diet without supplement (T1), Whey
protein (WP) at 90mg (T2), Mass gainner muscle builder
(MG) at 135mg (T3), the branched amino acid group
(BCAA) at 40mg (T4), and the PSYCHOTIC energy drink
(PED) at 5 mg (T5). In order to detect some physiological
parameters as an outcome after consumption, a specific
formula has been followed by those five groups. The
results of our study has been shown a non-significant
effects (p<0.05) on the blood picture parameters and the
liver enzymes of supplements types that was consumed by
treatment groups of T2, T3 and T4, while the consumption
of PED by athlete donors has been significantly increased
at the level of White Blood Cells (WBCs) to reach up to
12.5 compared to control group (T1) which was at 9.2
(×10ˆ3/mmˆ3). Meanwhile, the effects on the hemoglobin
(Hb) concentration, red blood cells counts (RBCs) and the
hematocrit (Hct) was decreased while platelets counts was
significantly increased to the level of 12.1, 6.3, 43.7 and 280
respectively compared to their values in the control group,
which appeared at 16.6 (mg/ml), 8.4 (×10ˆ3/mmˆ3),
49.4.(%) and 225(×10ˆ9/L) respectively. The results also
found that the level of liver enzymes including AST, ALT
and ALP of PED group was significantly increased
compared including and become at 12.5, 45.1 and 11.3
(IU/L) respectively compared with the same values in
control treatment T1.