Table 3.

Available dietary supplements in sport. Reproduced from the Australian Institute of Sport Dietary Supplement [15] with permission

Category	Function	Examples
Sport foods	Convenient foods used to deliver necessary macronutrients (e.g., carbohydrates and protein) before, during, and after exercise	Protein shakes, sports drinks, gummy chews, chewable tablets
Medical supplements	Tablets, capsules, or liquids of essential nutrients needed to treat diagnosed conditions or deficiencies affecting health and performance	Iron and vitamin D supplements
Performance supplements	Naturally found dietary ingredients in supplemental form taken to ergogenically aid performance and recovery time	Beet juice, caffeine, beta alanine, creatine, sodium bicarbonate