When we speak of groups that are at risk, we don’t always think of athletes… but we should. Being an athlete is dangerous to one’s health.
Athletes use up more minerals than do people who are sedentary. An athlete sweats more in 5 years than couch potato’s do in 75 years. And when a person sweats they are not just losing water… their sweat contains 60 essential minerals. They are called essential minerals because if any of them are missing for any length of time, the result can be a degenerative disease, many of which are life threatening. So, if athletes don’t get additional nutrients in their diets, their very lives can be at risk.
If too much of an athletes’ food is empty calories then their vital organs and cells become depleted of minerals and other vital nutrients. This is the cause of heart attacks in athletes — depletion of minerals because nutrition didn’t keep up with bodily demands.
Athletes need more minerals, more amino acids, more enzymes and more phytonutrients and vitamins. They need more antioxidants to protect against the byproducts of exercise. They need more natural Cox-2 inhibitors to protect against inflammation. When these nutrient needs are unmet, cells are damaged. So, if you are active, you need more, not less nutrition.
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