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Nutrition and More
Chromium: It helps the body use insulin to help
regulate blood sugar, which in turn helps prevent diabetes. It also culminates to
help maintain muscles contractions and eliminate cramps.
Zinc: Almost nothing happens in the human body without zinc. It assists in
the making of new cells and speeds up healing of burns and all kinds of wounds.
It also assists recovery from lactic acid build up.
Vitamin A: Assists against stress, shortcuts dangerous pollutants such as
benzene and dieldrin. It also keeps skin smooth, vision sharp, immune system strong
and anti stress mechanisms efficient
Vitamin B1: Helps the carbohydrate metabolism to turn carbs into glucose,
which fuels the brain and the muscles. It is best taken in a B-Complex form, but
5 mgs. daily helps most athletes. Any athlete that carbo-loads before a race should
take sufficint amounts, which will turn all the pasta into energy.
Vitamin B2: This vitamin helps the digestion of fats. Any whole grain will
do, but wild rice is best.
Vitamin B3: At least 40 biomechanical reactions in the body rely on Niacin.
Its most important function involves the red blood cells carrying oxygen to all body
parts. Niacin keeps the blood cells charged and they keep the body charged with oxygen.
Vitamin B6: Important for the memory as it serves as the sythesis of serotonin,
a chemical that regulates memory.
Vitamin B12: It assists the nervous system in relaying messages between the body
and the brain. Liver is the best source, but any animal product will do.
Vitamin B15: It increases oxygen utilization by tissues, increases content of
glycogen and creatine phosfate in muscles. It also intensifies the process of aerobic
oxydation during muscular activity, helps in recovery of low PH of the blood and
doubles the recovery of ADP to ATP
Vitamin C: It is an all purpose antidote. So powerful that it detoxifies heroin,
nicotine, alcohol and cancer causing pollutants. It also beats the heat. Increasing
Vitamin C intake a week before an event in hot weather will increase your competitive
edge. It also assists the bodys ability to absorb iron which in turn helps oxygen
carrying capacity. A thousand milligrams with a meal will boost iron absorbtion tenfold.
Vitamin D: It's main purpose is to allow the body to absorb calcium. Only
vitamin naturally produced in the body.
Vitamin E: It improves glycogen storage, which is translated as more fuel for
the endurance athletes. It also improves the tone and strength of the heart muscle
and protects cells from oxydation.
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