The purpose of this study was to evaluate an association with anti-doping education and the use of dietary supplements and oriental medicine usefulness, doping safety, and heavy metal contents in juvenile Judoists. Juvenile Judoists (N=366) from middl...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate an association with anti-doping education and the use of dietary supplements and oriental medicine usefulness, doping safety, and heavy metal contents in juvenile Judoists. Juvenile Judoists (N=366) from middle school Judo team (n=186) and high school Judo team (n=177) participated in this study. Questionnaires for dietary supplements and the use of oriental medicine were used and 8 oriental medicine samples were randomly selected for analyzing heavy metal contents using biochemical analysis. There was a significant increase in dietary supplement use as 2.1 times (CI: 1.1-2.6) and in oriental medicine use as 1.8 times (CI: 1.4-2.5) in anti-doping educated Judoists. Heavy metal contents of the oriental medicine included lead as 1.34E-0.5 ± 2.12E-0.5 mg/kg/day and cadmium as 1.82E-0.5 ± 2.39E-0.5 mg/kg/day, which confirmed that the safe use of oriental medicine in Judoists. Based on this study results, it would be necessary to objectively conduct the verification of the efficacy of oriental medicine as well as consuming frequency.