Saturday, October 2, 2010

More iron, calcium, Vitamin D

1. More Iron, Calcium, D vitamin

FS: Is there any other gender-specific nutritional advice you could provide people with?

AK: I think iron is a huge one—it’s especially important in younger women as they mature, but it’s important in men as well. That’s a big one. Also, calcium is a big one, especially in more of the aerobic sports. If people are getting stress fractures, that’s something that really needs to be looked into little more. The way calcium works in the body, we’ll say roughly until about age 25 that you store calcium. Beyond that, your body is no longer storing it—it’s just using what you put into it. For kids, thinking about it as a piggy bank, it’s really important to make sure you’re having three servings a day, especially if you’re someone coming off an injury. It’s one of those things you really need to be proactive on.

Vitamin D is the latest craze—that’s just really huge in the literature and the media right now. It’s a combination of a, people aren’t outside nearly as much any more and b, when they are outside they are covered up and c, they are able to test for it now. So, of course, we’re finding epidemic levels of vitamin D deficiency. Obviously, you find dairy products fortified with vitamin D, or otherwise go outside and get some sunshine.

[ from Fasterskier.com]

Richard

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