Vitamins and minerals

Vitamins and minerals are a category of dietary supplements to strengthen the body, immune and cardiovascular systems. Manufacturers of sports nutrition create supplements taking into account gender characteristics - the need for minerals and trace elements in the body of men and women is different. Before buying, you need to read for whom the vitamin-mineral complex is intended.

During the training process, the consumption of nutrients increases significantly. Any physical activity is stressful for the body. As a self-defense, the human body adapts and in the future does not perceive such loads as stressful, which allows you to increase the volume and intensity. Thus, it is possible to increase muscle mass, strength, endurance, speed-strength qualities. Having ascended to a new stage, the body increasingly needs higher doses of nutrients, macro- and micronutrients.

Vitamins and minerals have little to no effect on anabolic functions. However, their lack significantly reduces the productivity of training. There are cases when the lack of vitamins and minerals undermines health. Their deficiency does not allow the athlete to recover by the next visit to the gym.

Vitamins and minerals directly affect the synthesis of proteins, hormones and enzymes. Normalization of metabolic functions, cell restoration and suppression of catabolic processes - this is not a complete list of the positive features of the vitamin-mineral complex. Some vitamins have antioxidant properties (C and E). Minerals, in turn, strengthen bone tissue, the heart, regulate the acid-base balance of the blood, etc.

The need for vitamin-mineral complexes increases after the first workouts. Getting enough from food is very difficult, and there is no point. It has long been possible to buy vitamins and minerals in sports nutrition stores. It is worth noting that pharmaceutical preparations are significantly different from sports nutrition products - for a person who does not work out in the gym, such a high dosage is not needed, and, accordingly, they are not suitable for athletes.