This book addresses vitamin and trace element needs as they relate to exercise and sports. A growing
body of research indicates that work capacity, oxygen consumption and other measures of physical
performance of individuals, including athletes, are affected by deficiency or borderline deficiency
of specific vitamins or essential trace elements. Athletes, as well as the public in general, often
have low dietary intakes of many of the vitamins and essential trace elements. The findings of some
researchers indicate that large doses of certain vitamins and trace elements given to individuals
who had adequate status of that vitamin or trace element improved various measures of physical
performance. Other researchers have reported conflicting findings. A critical review of these reports
is included in this book