Book chapter
Vitamins, Minerals, and Sport Performance
The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine
01 Nov 2013
Abstract
Vitamins and minerals are required for hundreds of metabolic reactions in the body, including those involved in energy metabolism. This chapter reviews research on vitamins and minerals among various athletes from different countries. Athletes consume vitamin and mineral supplements for a number of reasons, including improved athletic performance, to correct “deficient” intakes, and/or for recovery purposes. The chapter presents example of food sources for vitamins that includes vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin B
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(thiamin), vitamin B
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(riboflavin), folate and vitamin C (ascorbic acid). It also presents example of food sources for minerals that includes chromium, iron, and zinc. The research conducted on vitamins and minerals in athletes of all ages and from many different countries, has shown equivocal results, with the majority of researchers reporting no effect of vitamin and/or mineral supplementation performance.
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Details
- Title
- Vitamins, Minerals, and Sport Performance
- Creators
- Stella L Volpe - Drexel UniversityHa Nguyen - Drexel University
- Contributors
- Ronald J Maughan (Editor)
- Publication Details
- The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd; Chichester, UK
- Number of pages
- 13
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Nutrition Sciences
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85018270080
- Other Identifier
- 991019174224304721