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Athlete’s Health Risks

When you drive your body to its limits... extra maintenance is required!!!

When we speak of groups that are at risk, we don’t always think of athletes... but we should. Being an athlete involves a nutritional risk that many do not think about.

The scientific explanation for this risk is perhaps best understood by thinking of a race care compared to an ordinary commuter car.

The race car deals with more stress and strain in one race thana  commuter car does in many years of driving a few miles each day back and forth.

The race car uses up far more rubber, more gasoline, more oil and creates more heat and wear and tear on the engine than does the family car.

Similarly, athletes use up more minerals than do people who are sedentary. An athlete sweats more in 5 years of athletic training and competition than couch potatoes do in 75 years of watching TV. 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 minerals and trace elements in their diets to make up for those which have been lost, their very lives can be at risk.

Additionally, athletes use more energy and consume and metabolize more food. This means more free radicals are created. Free radicals cause damage to the body.

Finally, athletes tear down their muscles and bones and tendons through the exertions they make. They need food nutrients to repair this damage.

The single most important nutrient supplement for athletes is Kona Minerals. It contains a bioavailable source of all the minerals and trace elements from a source 1/2 mile under the sea of the Kona Hawaii coast. These minerals are uncontaminated by pollution and are in the bloodstream in less than two hours. Athletes need to eat many times more minerals daily to compensate for the minerals lost in workouts and competion.

The next thing that athletes need to do is increase their antioxidant intake.

Sudden Death of Athletes Occurs Too Often

Usually, the report we get on the news says that the athlete suffered from heart disease.