As you know, life is a movement, and for the movement we need energy. The sources of energy for our movement are proteins, fats and carbohydrates , but why then do we need vitamins that "should be rich in diet"?
Why do I need vitamins?
Vitamins are the creators of those conditions inside the body, under which there is energy release, growth, decay, the work of each of our cells. They are the catalysts of any biochemical processes, no metabolic stage passes without their participation. You ask, do vitamins for athletes have more significance than for people who are less active? The answer can not be unambiguous, but the fact that athletes need more vitamins, confirms greater energy costs, more catabolic and metabolic processes, and, in the end, their desire to build muscle.
What are the functions of vitamins in athletes?
In order to understand the role of vitamins in the life of professional athletes, we will consider what exactly vitamins are prescribed for in sports: they protect against hypovitaminosis, which affects one third to one half of all athletes.
Complex vitamins are necessary for any changes in life:
- phases of active growth (childhood, adolescence);
- changes in the training mode: volume, frequency, intensity;
- in periods of "drying", fasting, veggie;
- at consumption of the increased dose of fiber (at excess the requirement for В2, В12, В6 increases, at assimilation vitamins А, С, В2 deteriorates);
- with a shortage of vitamins in the diet (it is proved that even an ideal diet contains 20-30% less vitamins than athletes need);
- diets with a nutritional value below 2000kcal / day;
- frequent and sudden changes in climatic zones;
- conscious improvement of physical or mental form;
- problems with metabolism;
- postoperative and post-traumatic recovery;
- in the period of overtraining.
How to take vitamins?
In sports medicine, there are still contradictions, what vitamins for athletes are better - monovitamins or complex preparations, and there are no specific rules for calculating the dosage. It is known that all vitamins in one way or another interact with each other, increasing or decreasing the effect. But that's not all. Macro- and microelements also affect the digestibility of vitamins, and the third question arises: what vitamins are needed for athletes with or without mineral additives? Some pharmacologists believe that taking minerals should be a separate course, but if you do not have a personal pharmacist, you need to find for yourself the best complex vitamin supplements for athletes.
The complex "Alvitil" contains exclusively vitamins, is produced in tablets and syrup.
"Decamewith" contains 10 major vitamins for athletes and methionine.
"Multi-tabs": classic complex - B group vitamins and microelements; multivitamin complex - a set of vitamins plus minerals; Also there is a complex of "multi-tabs plus" with fat-soluble vitamins, and a complex for the prevention of iodine deficiency.
Tri-vi-plus - vitamins in combination with zinc, selenium and copper.
Bitam - vitamins of group B, microelements, mefanoic acid. Such a combination of vitamins will be useful for athletes in bodybuilding, as the drug affects protein structures, relieves swelling, strengthens blood vessels and accelerates cell growth.
These drugs are so-called "pharmacy" complexes, you can also find a lot of vitamin supplements in sports nutrition stores, such as Animal Pak, Anavite, Dualtabs, Multi Mxax Multivitamin and others.