Vitamins and Exercise

First, always consult a physician before starting any exercise routine. Are vitamins essential when exercising? It’s true, you do not need to take vitamins while doing an exercise routine like in Isaac’s F.A.T.A.S.S. But, if you want to progress, vitamins are essential! A good multi-vitamin is preferred.

Why? Let’s break down some of the essential vitamins. Let us start with vitamin B, B6, and B12. Vitamins B, B6, and B12 are great for sustained energy. What I mean is, if you are like most, you need as much energy as possible to finish an exercise routine. Vitamins B and B12 are great for that. B vitamins are also great for a healthy heart, as well as vitamin C, E, and Folic Acid. Vitamin B has many uses such as

·  Support and increase the rate of metabolism

·  Maintain healthy skin and muscle tone

·  Enhance immune and nervous system function

·  Promote cell growth and division, including that of the red bloodcells that help prevent anemia

·  Reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer - one of the most lethal forms of cancer when consumed in food, but not when ingested in vitamin tablet form.

Also, multi-vitamins that contain the amino acids leucine, isoleucine, and valine are essential to exercise. Why, because the human body does not manufacture these certain amino acids. All three of these amino acids are essential to muscle growth and recovery.

Vitamins C and D are essential for a healthy blood pressure, while immunity is best served with vitamins C, A, and E.

For older men Saw Palmetto is essential for prostate health. Saw Palmetto has been used for hundreds of years as both a food source and as a medicinal plant. Some recent studies have shown that it may have beneficial effects for those suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), male pattern baldness and other maladies.

For women, vitamin D as well as calcium, folic acid and fish oil are essential.

So, you can see, by the few mentioned vitamins above, how vitamins are essential in exercise as well as everyday life.

Article written for you by Isaac Barber of Isaacs Fatass.