Can Vitamin Supplements Improve Sport Performance
Read More: - Vitamin deficiencies among various groups of athletes are uncommon, but there are some individual athletes within groups who are vitamin deficient. The most common deficiencies are for the B-complex vitamins (especially B-6 and folate), and for the antioxidant vitamins C, E, and beta-carotene.
- Athletes most likely to suffer vitamin deficiencies include wrestlers, dancers, gymnasts, and others who restrict their food intake to maintain a low body weight, athletes who have too little time to select and/or eat well-balanced diets, athletes whose diets are too rich in fast food items, and athletes who eat few fruits and vegetables.
- Vitamin overload in athletes is unlikely unless they are consuming large doses of vitamin supplements and/or large amounts of vitamin-fortified foods.
- Athletes who wish to be on the ?safe side? of avoiding vitamin deficiencies may wish to take a multi-vitamin/multi-mineral supplement each day or every other day. The supplement should not exceed the Recommended Dietary Allowance or Adequate Intake for the vitamin(s).
- Vitamin supplements can improve sport performance only in athletes who are vitamin deficient. Athletes who have normal stores of vitamins will not benefit from consuming vitamin supplements.
- Vitamins obtained from natural foods are preferred over vitamin supplements because the natural foods contain important nutrients that can be deficient if athletes rely on supplements
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