BACKGROUND Sports foods and supplements can play a small but important role in the sports nutrition plans for high performance athletes. Sporting organisations, sports science and medicine practitioners, coaches and athletes all contribute to a pragmatic and transparent approach that balances the risks vs reward of supplement/sports food use by considering: is it safe? Is it effective? Is it permitted for use in sport? OBJECTIVE The AIS Sports Supplement Framework provides resources that enable National Sporting Organisations to promote safe and evidence-based use of supplements and sports foods in the Australian high performance sporting system. KEY STAKEHOLDERS • AIS Sports Supplement Governance Committees • National Sporting Organisations • National Institute Network, including the AIS, plus State Academies and Institutes of Sport in Australia • Sport Integrity Australia EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • Contemporary sports nutrition practices play an important role in optimising an athlete`s health and performance. A "food first" approach, which promotes a focus on unprocessed and conventional foods, is a foundation goal of an evidence-based sports nutrition plan. However, some supplements and sports foods can play a small but valuable role in such a plan. • The use of supplements and sports foods involves a balance between the potential rewards (its contribution to an evidence based sports nutrition plan) and potential risks (e.g. health concerns, Anti-Doping Rule Violations [ADRVs], misplaced priorities). • Although there is no way to guarantee a zero risk of ADRVs associated with the use of supplements and sports foods, best practice involves supplement policies, programs and guidelines that support informed decisions and safe practices around supplement use. Key considerations should be addressed before the use of any product… — Is it safe? — Is it effective? — Is it permitted for use in sport? • The AIS Sports Supplement Framework (the Framework) is a valuable resource drawing upon the expertise of key stakeholders within the Australian high-performance sports network. The Framework supports Australia`s sporting organisations and agencies to develop their own sports supplement policies, programs and guidelines which achieve best practice, including compliance with the requirements of Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) and the National Anti-Doping Scheme. • Key components of the Framework include — The ABCD classification system, which provides a simple education tool to rank sports foods and supplement ingredients according to the scientific evidence that they can safely and practically contribute to an athlete`s performance goals. — Facilitation of 3rd party auditing programs for supplements and sports foods used or provided to Australian athletes within their sports supplement programs to minimize the risk of ADRVs. • The relaunch of the Framework in March 2021 involved a new governance structure and greater engagement with a variety of stakeholders in the Australian high performance sport network. Oversight of the Framework is provided by experts across medical, nutrition, governance and athlete wellbeing, and includes representation from both within and external to the AIS. Athlete representation is central to the governance structure. Regular updates and reporting schedules promote transparency, currency and capacity to address new projects that will further enhance best practice around the use of supplements and sports foods by Australian athletes.
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