11/05/2022
💪🏼IMMUNE BOOSTERS FOR ATHLETES!
💫If you are an athlete make sure you're consuming plenty of foods rich in immunity-boosting nutrients – vitamins A, C, and E, vitamin B6, zinc, iron, and magnesium.
💫Focus on fresh fruit, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds, while limiting highly-processed foods!
💫In the UK, respiratory infections account for approximately 5.5 million GP visits annually and an estimated cost off £170 million (Health Protection Agency, 2005). These infections are also one of the main reported causes of illness in athletes. For example, analysis of the 126 reported illnesses in athletes competing at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea, in 2011 revealed that 40% of illnesses affected the upper respiratory tract, with confirmed infection in around 20% of cases (Alonso et aL 2012).
🎇In some regular moderate physical activity decreases the relative risk of infection below that of a sedentary individual. However, performing prolonged, high-intensity exercise or periods of strenuous exercise training is associated with an above average risk of infection.
Vitamin D,
Quercetin,
Probiotics,
Human studies show some reduction in illness rates during short periods of intensified training and mild stimulation of mitochondrial biogenesis and endurance performance in untrained subjects.
