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Healthy Nutrition in Female Athletes:
The Role of Folate
24 July 2024
Healthy Nutrition in Female Athletes:
Female athletes, like endurance runners, often aim to reduce their body fat and weight by keeping their total energy intake very low. This approach can result in severe leanness, nutritional deficiencies, and restricted energy, protein, carbohydrates, and micronutrient intake.
Active folate, such as Quatrefolic®, not only supports energy levels and physical health in sport but also helps boost mental function and processing.
Female athletes may experience a “female athlete triad,” which encompasses a range of symptoms from restrained eating and menstrual dysfunction to poor bone health.
The nutritional strategies aimed at weight and body fat reduction may have subtle but indirect consequences on physical performance and health.
Athletes and coaches must recognise the potential risks of such strategies and emphasise the importance of optimal nutrition and vitamin supplementation.
The Role of Folate in Sports
Folate is an essential homocysteine (Hcy) metabolism regulator that maintains normal plasma Hcy concentrations.
It is a crucial hematopoietic nutrient involved in Red Blood Cell (RBC) synthesis.
Severe folate deprivation results in anemia and reduces sports work performance.
Quatrefolic® supplementation replenishes the right folate level, reducing the risk of impairing female athletes’ physical and mental health.
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