Chapter 11: Performance-Enhancing Substances and Methods

Question 1

Ergogenic Aid

Answer 1

Any substance, mechanical aid, or training method that improves sport performance

Question 2

Categories of Performance-Enhancing Substances

Answer 2

• Hormones (and the drugs that mimic their effects)

- Dietary supplements

Question 3

FDA’s definition of drug

Answer 3

• Encompasses substances that change the body’s structure or function
• Compound is administered differently from the way in which foods would be consumed

Question 4

Dietary Supplements

Answer 4

• Highly refined products

- May not have any positive nutritional value