Why Athletes Need Vitamin C

Why you need Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)

Most athletes don’t realize how important vitamin C status is to success. Vitamin C is an antioxidant, protecting muscle cells from free radical damage, thus enhancing recovery and growth. Ascorbic acid is also involved with amino acid metabolism, especially the formation of Collagen. Collagen is the primary constituent of connective tissue, the stuff that holds your bones and muscles together. This may not seem important, but as you lift heavier weights, the stress you put on your structure becomes tremendous. If your connective tissue is not as healthy and strong as it should be (a problem often seen in steroid users), risk of injury dramatically increases. It also may reduce pain and bruising associated with bodybuilding.

Vitamin C helps in the absorption of Iron. Iron is necessary to help Oxygen bind to hemoglobin in blood. Without adequate oxygen transportation in blood, muscles are robbed of precious oxygen and performance is greatly reduced. Ascorbic acid also assists in the formation and release of steroid hormones, including the anabolic hormone testosterone.

Vitamin C is perhaps the most water soluble vitamin there is. In other words, it diffuses very rapidly in water. Since a muscle cell is mostly water, the more muscular an athlete becomes, the more vitamin C disperses and the lower the concentration of this critical substance becomes in body tissues. So vitamin C requirements are greatly increased for bodybuilders.

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