Optimising nutrition intake is a key component for supporting athletic performance and
supporting adaption to training. Athletes often use micronutrient supplements in order to …

Vitamins and minerals are of fundamental importance to numerous human functions that are
essential to optimise athlete performance. Athletes incur a high turnover of key vitamins and …

Iron is a trace mineral that is highly significant to endurance athletes. Iron is critical to optimal
athletic performance because of its role in energy metabolism, oxygen transport, and acid …

This study explored the relationship between serum ferritin and hepcidin in athletes.
Baseline serum ferritin levels of 54 athletes from the control trial of five investigations …

ABSTRACT IL‐6 is a pleiotropic cytokine with a wide range of biologic effects. In response to
prolonged exercise, IL‐6 is synthesized by contracting skeletal muscle and released into …

In recent years, the increase in public awareness of sports has greatly promoted the
development of the sports food industry. Sports food provides nutrition to meet the metabolic …

The provision or restriction of select nutrients in an athlete's diet can elicit a variety of
changes in fuel utilization, training adaptation, and performance outcomes. Furthermore …

The pleiotropic cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been proposed to contribute to circadian
regulation of sleepiness by increasing in the blood at night. Earlier studies have reported …

Purpose The aim of this study was to determine whether iron treatments improve the iron
status and aerobic capacity of iron deficient non-anaemic endurance athletes. Method A …

Contemporary elite soccer features increased physical demands during match-play, as well
as a larger number of matches per season. Now more than ever, aspects related to …