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Internationally banned supplements and steroids

Course Description: Discussion of the different types of dietary supplements, their importance, and the modern classification of their components. Scientific basis for prescribing dietary supplements to athletes and non-athletes. How to understand performance-enhancing supplements, the difference between them and internationally prohibited stimulants, their types, classifications, and dangers. Study of international regulations and legal rules for handling them by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Clarification of the roles of the coach, athlete, and guardian in the responsibility entrusted to each of them towards sports and fair play.

Credit hours: 3

Objectives of the course :

This course aims to provide knowledge of nutritional supplements and internationally prohibited performance-enhancing drugs.
1. It lists the different types of dietary supplements and their importance.
2. Application of the Australian Institute of Sport and International Olympic Committee Supplement Classification System (ABCD SYSTEM).
3. Explains the scientific basis for describing dietary supplements for athletes and non-athletes.
4. Explanation of the metabolic and hormonal pathways that affect both supplements and stimulants.
Reviews internationally prohibited doping substances, their classifications, and their dangers.
6. Distinguishes between performance-enhancing nutritional supplements and internationally prohibited stimulants.
7. Evaluation of published research on dietary supplements and detection of methodological flaws.
8. Understanding the 2025 WADA Code, Prohibited Lists, and Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs).
9. Differentiating between the acute and chronic side effects of stimulants and understanding modern detection techniques.
10. Clarifies the role of the coach, player, and guardian in their respective responsibilities towards sports and fair play.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:

Explains what dietary supplements are and their types.
Discusses how to handle and describe supplements and performance enhancers.
It links athletes' need for supplements to the nature of the activity they practice.
Lists the differences between internationally prohibited stimulants and dietary supplements.
Discusses the cognitive and applied fields of sports nutrition and understanding the laws governing the use of supplements and the prohibition of doping by official bodies.

Skills:

Formulating the concept of supplements and steroids for athletes.
It calculates the nutritional needs of athletes for supplements and performance enhancers based on energy production systems and the nature of the activity.
This examines the relationship between banned performance-enhancing drugs and athletes with special needs, and how to legally control this with the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Modern technological applications are used in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data.

Values, autonomy and responsibility:

Demonstrates integrity, values, and professional ethics when dealing with issues and problems related to dietary supplements and internationally prohibited performance-enhancing drugs.
Performs professional tasks and activities in the classification mechanisms of food supplements and internationally prohibited stimulants effectively and independently.
Collaborates effectively within projects or research or professional groups, and leads and takes responsibility while working.

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Last updated: 2026-05-10