Athletes, Are You Getting The Right Nutrients?

vitamins_sportVitamins and minerals play many roles in an athlete’s body including energy production and the maintenance of tissues, bone, and immune function. Exercise stresses many of the biochemical pathways where micronutrients are required, increasing the turnover and loss of these nutrients. Thus athletes may have greater requirements for these micronutrients in order to adequately build and repair muscles and maintain normal physiological function. Discover some of the most common nutrients athletes are lacking: calcium, vitamin D, B vitamins, iron, zinc, chromium and magnesium.1Read More