The New Challenge of Sports Nutrition: Accepting Insect Food as Dietary Supplements in Professional Athletes.

ABSTRACT: The dietary supplements market is growing, and their use is increasing among professional athletes. Recently, several new protein supplements have been placed in the marketplace, including energy bars enriched with insect flour. Edible insects, which are rich in protein content, have been promoted as the food of the future and athletes could be a reference sample for their continued emphasis on higher protein demand. The present study investigated the potential motivations to accept an energy protein bar with cricket flour, among a group of selected Italian professional athletes. A second aim was also to measure how an information treatment about the benefits of edible insects would have impact on acceptance. 61 Italian professional athletes (27 females) completed a structured questionnair

SUBMITTER: Placentino U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8157859 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature