Performance Nutrition Digest

Performance Nutrition Digest

Athlete’s attitudes towards placebos 🧠

Do athletes mind if you use the placebo effect?

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Tom Coughlin
Oct 14, 2024
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Elite athletes' attitudes towards the use of placebo-induced performance enhancement in sports

Background

The placebo effect is often utilised in elite sport contexts, including supplements, treatments, mindset practices etc 👈

But is it ethical? And what do athletes think about it? 🧐

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