Clean Boxing Program: What role do vitamins and minerals play in athletic performance?

 As we know, there are basic eating rules that, regardless of whether or not you are an athlete, it’s important  follow to have a healthy and balanced life.

A diverse and varied diet provides us with the necessary nutrients for the proper performance of our body. It`s  essential to learn to properly balance our daily meals, as this will bring us great benefits. To name a few:

• Gives us vitality and energy.

• Helps us maintain an adequate weight.

• Stimulates our immune system.

 • Improves sports performance and in general, in any activity we carry out.

• Delays aging.

• It allows us to be active and fit during old age.

• Helps fight tiredness and fatigue.

• Protects teeth and keeps gums healthy.

• Improves concentration skills.

• Reduces the risk of serious diseases.

However, in high-performance athletes, good nutrition is essential to obtain an outstanding performance, since it will provide all the necessary nutrients in each of the different moments of sports practice, during training, competition, recovery and rest.

Both vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients essential for the proper functioning of the body.

There  are some that our body cannot synthesize and therefore it is essential to consume them in our food.

There are different types of vitamins, and some of the essential ones are the antioxidant vitamins C and E that protect cells from oxidative deterioration, which can increase during sports activity by subjecting the cells of our body to greater stress.

Vitamin D, which apart from influencing the immune system, participate in the correct bone strengthening. Group B vitamins, such as B1, B6, and B12 that can increase serotonin levels and improve motor skills.

Some of the most important minerals in the diet of an athlete are:

Sodium: participates in muscle contraction and in the regulation of body fluids, which is why during sports it is essential to maintain good hydration of the body.

Calcium: it is the most abundant mineral in the body and is essential for bodybuilding, since it participates in the transmission of the nerve impulse and in muscle contraction.

Potassium: it is a mineral whose function is closely related to sodium since together they regulate the body’s water levels, in addition to participating in nerve cells, in muscle contraction and in increasing muscle mass.

Iron: is part of hemoglobin, which is a molecule found in red blood cells, responsible for transporting oxygen to different organs. An iron deficiency causes a lower oxygen supply, which increases the work of the heart, causing fatigue and lowering the ability to recover.

It should be remembered that when you practice any sport, the body eliminates more minerals than normal through sweat and the only way to recover these lost minerals is through diet.

If you want to know the list of prohibited substances emitted by VADA, you can consult the following link: https://wbcboxing.com/en/voluntary-anti-doping-association-official-prohibited-list/