Iron Deficiency
What Female Athletes Should Know About Iron Deficiency
Iron deficiency can decrease performance and lead to anemia. This article explains how iron works and what to look out for to make sure that your female athlete is not [...]
5 Special Considerations for Female Athlete Workouts
Contrary to what some believe, female athletes do not need to train all that much different from male athletes. Just like males, females need to be...
5 Most Common Nutritional Deficiencies in Athletes
Nutritional deficiencies can negatively affect how athletes perform. STACK talked to sports dietician Leslie Bonci to find out which macronutrients athletes are most commonly deficient in. Bonci laid out the [...]
5 Endurance Supplements That Effectively Boost Your Stamina
Endurance athletics requires a fine balance of strength and endurance that can only be achieved by years of strategic training and dieting. Endurance...
The Mineral Most Athletes Need More Of in Their Diets
Iron is a mineral found in the diet, that plays several important roles for both general health and athletics. Iron assists in the production of ATP,...
Keep Iron Levels High for Optimum Performance
Low iron levels are fairly common among distance runners, but what does this really mean? Iron deficiency, or anemia, is a condition is which the body is unable to replace [...]
What’s Missing From the Female Athlete’s Diet, Part 2: Iron
In 2010, Paula Findley became the only female triathlete to win consecutive ITU World Championship Series events. However in the 2012 London Olympics, her undiagnosed case of anemia caused [...]
Anemia and the Athlete
It is not uncommon for an endurance athlete, especially a female, to ask me about using iron to help with performance. Though it seems logical that iron, which helps carry [...]
Iron Deficiency and the Female Athlete
Do you know whether your body is stopping itself from performing at its highest level? According to Cornell University's Division of Nutritional Sciences, to stay at their peak, female athletes [...]
Iron Needs for Female Athletes
Athletes, particularly those in endurance sports, depend on efficient oxygen delivery to working muscles. Iron deficiency, which is especially prevalent in female athletes, prevents the body’s cells from getting enough [...]