SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE: THE ROLE OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS IN IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND PREVENTING DOPING OF ATHLETES

Speaking at the opening of the Conference, Deputy Minister Hoang Dao Cuong emphasized: In the career of building and developing the country, especially since the comprehensive renovation process, the Party and State have early oriented the role of science and technology. Science and technology are the decisive factor to accelerate the country's economic, political and social development. In the field of sports and sports, science and technology are even more important. In modern sports training, with increasing volume and intensity of exercise, the athlete's body is required to respond and adapt more and more to be able to achieve the expected results. To achieve your goals, recovery after a large amount of exercise is extremely important. In a daily diet with traditional foods, it is not possible to compensate for the muscles and substances consumed during exercise, so research and use of dietary supplements is a problem. Many countries around the world are interested in research and application in practice. The Deputy Minister hopes that at the conference, delegates will focus on clarifying the theoretical basis of using dietary supplements, the current situation of using dietary supplements in our country, as well as the practical experience of some countries. around the world, on that basis advise state management agencies to effectively direct and implement this very urgent and topical issue in the entire athlete training and coaching process. high achievement.

Deputy Minister Hoang Dao Cuong said: In recent years, Vietnam Sports has discovered a number of cases of athletes testing positive for banned substances (doping). This is an urgent problem that the sports industry needs a thorough solution to overcome. Leading to these regrets, it is easy to see that there is a lack of understanding about doping substances and, more dangerously, athletes arbitrarily buy and use drugs and functional foods without permission. of doctors, coaches and sports training centers. This also warns that, besides the benefits of dietary supplements to enhance sports performance, the risk of violating the use of banned substances is not small. The workshop received many useful, essential and practical comments from the participants. In particular, the main content focuses on discussing the current situation of using dietary supplements for athletes at National Sports Training Centers. Some urgent issues on anti-Doping in sports in Vietnam.

Recommendations for using dietary supplements for high performance athletes...Especially opinions from the grassroots, from Sports Training Centers across the country... In which most opinions say that dietary supplements are increasingly widely used in the community, Sports practitioners, especially high-performance athletes. A recent statistic shows that nearly 60% of the Vietnamese population over 18 years old use dietary supplements, on average each person uses 2-4 types of dietary supplements per day in rural areas, and 4- 6 types in the city, usage is even higher among middle-aged and elderly people. Most top athletes use about 3-5 types every day.

Therefore, dietary supplements are used for the purpose of supplementing nutrients for missing natural meals, very convenient as replacement meals, quick meals right before, during and right away. after competition or practice; Meals help replenish energy quickly with endurance sports, stretching, between matches, with consecutive matches after a few days, when traveling and missing meals... Speech at the Director's Conference Dang Ha Viet believes that: for top athletes in the national team, especially athletes aiming for Asiad and Olympics, the nutritional regimen and supplement regimen before, during and after training or competition is very important. important. How to choose suitable products, ensure nutrition, and contribute to improving physical strength and good performance for top athletes are issues that need to be discussed carefully at this Conference. In addition to the daily diet according to the funding regulations of the Ministry of Finance, supplementary products to help improve athletes' energy and physical strength are very necessary for top athletes. From a state management perspective, the Sports industry is gradually implementing and clearly separating what is in dietary supplements and athletes' daily meals to understand which athletes need support and supplements. What can you do to improve your physical fitness, helping athletes feel comfortable and in the best performance? The workshop ended in the afternoon of the same day with many issues clarified. The comments as well as direct opinions from delegates at the Conference will be an important scientific basis to help state management agencies implement in practice. After the Workshop, the National Sports Training Centers will coordinate with nutrition experts to develop scientific diets for athletes to improve performance. TTVN will also develop a process to use food supplements for athletes on national teams. Yangmiwa will be the unit accompanying TTVN and experts in developing a program to use dietary supplements for athletes in the near future.