Serpentine Running Club – Advice – Vitamin B6 and red-blooded athletes

Now we come to some revealing research. Twelve male marathoners were asked to double their training load of eight miles a day for 20 days at a paltry 8½ minutes per mile. All of them showed large reductions in haemoglobin and haematocrit (the proportion of red blood cells). Over the period, their usual nutrition was unable to maintain the blood components essential for carrying oxygen to their tissues. The principal nutrients involved in making red blood cells are zinc, folic acid, vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and vitamin C.

Serpentine Running Club — Advice — Vitamin B6 and red-blooded athletes.

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Serpentine Running Club – Advice – Vitamin B6 and red-blooded athletes