Dietary Supplement Use in Transmasculine People: Results of an Online Survey of Volunteer Adults.

Health inequities and disparities in nutrition research exist among transmasculine people. A dearth of evidence on dietary supplement use and motivations exist, partially due to constrained collection of sex and gender identity in national surveys. We sought to investigate common motivations and use...

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Publicado en:Journal of Dietary Supplements Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 567 - 576
Autores principales: Ozana Kalman-Rome, Eli, LaCharite, Kerri, de Jonge, Lilian, Wallace, Taylor C.
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2024
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          Ozana Kalman-Rome, Eli
          LaCharite, Kerri
          de Jonge, Lilian
          Wallace, Taylor C.
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          Dietary Supplements
          Transgender Persons Psychosocial Factors
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      ab: Health inequities and disparities in nutrition research exist among transmasculine people. A dearth of evidence on dietary supplement use and motivations exist, partially due to constrained collection of sex and gender identity in national surveys. We sought to investigate common motivations and use of dietary supplements in a voluntary survey of transmasculine people. A total of 48 participants completed an online survey detailing dietary supplement use, motivations, and demographic information. 64.5 and 90.0% of participants reported use of 1+ dietary supplement within the past 30-days and during some point in their lifetime, respectively. Top reported product types used included multivitamins (52%), melatonin (52%), vitamin D (46%), vitamin C (35%), fish oil (33%), B-vitamins or B-complex (31%), iron (29%), green tea (29%), biotin (25%), cranberry (23%), zinc (23%), protein powder (23%), probiotics (23%), and calcium (21%). There was no relationship between the number of supplements reported and participant age, BMI, income, or mastectomy status (p > 0.05). Participants reported top motivations being for "improving my overall health" (60.4%), "maintaining health" (54.2%), to "supplement my diet due to not getting enough from food"(41.7%), "mental health" (39.6%), and to "prevent colds, boost immune system" (33.3%). Transmasculine people in our study reported a high use of dietary supplements. Differences in the types of products and number of products used, as well as specific motivations for use likely exist within this subpopulation, however, future nationally-representative longitudinal studies are needed to fully elucidate these patterns and for informing evidence-based nutrition guidance.
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