Iron considerations for the athlete: a narrative review

M Sim, LA Garvican-Lewis, GR Cox, A Govus… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Iron plays a significant role in the body, and is specifically important to athletes, since it is a
dominant feature in processes such as oxygen transport and energy metabolism. Despite its …

Micronutrients and athletic performance: A review

KL Beck, PR von Hurst, WJ O'Brien… - Food and Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Optimising nutrition intake is a key component for supporting athletic performance and
supporting adaption to training. Athletes often use micronutrient supplements in order to …

Swifter, higher, stronger: what's on the menu?

LM Burke, JA Hawley - Science, 2018 - science.org
The exploits of elite athletes delight, frustrate, and confound us as they strive to reach their
physiological, psychological, and biomechanical limits. We dissect nutritional approaches to …

[HTML][HTML] A short-term ketogenic diet impairs markers of bone health in response to exercise

IA Heikura, LM Burke, JA Hawley, ML Ross… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: To investigate diet-exercise interactions related to bone markers in elite
endurance athletes after a 3.5-week ketogenic low-carbohydrate, high-fat (LCHF) diet and …

[HTML][HTML] Iron metabolism: Interactions with energy and carbohydrate availability

AKA McKay, DB Pyne, LM Burke, P Peeling - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
The provision or restriction of select nutrients in an athlete's diet can elicit a variety of
changes in fuel utilization, training adaptation, and performance outcomes. Furthermore …

Refining treatment strategies for iron deficient athletes

R McCormick, M Sim, B Dawson, P Peeling - Sports Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Iron deficiency (ID) is a prevailing nutritional concern amongst the athletic population due to
the increased iron demands of this group. Athletes' ability to replenish taxed iron stores is …

Iron status in athletic females, a shift in perspective on an old paradigm

CE Badenhorst, K Goto, WJ O'Brien… - Journal of sports …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Iron deficiency is a common nutrient deficiency within athletes, with sport scientists and
medical professionals recognizing that athletes require regular monitoring of their iron status …

Six days of low carbohydrate, not energy availability, alters the iron and immune response to exercise in elite athletes

AKA McKay, P Peeling, DB Pyne… - … and Science in …, 2022 - acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au
Purpose To quantify the effects of a short-term (6-d) low carbohydrate (CHO) high fat
(LCHF), and low energy availability (LEA) diet on immune, inflammatory, and iron-regulatory …

[HTML][HTML] Ketone monoester ingestion increases postexercise serum erythropoietin concentrations in healthy men

E Evans, JP Walhin, A Hengist… - American Journal …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Intravenous ketone body infusion can increase erythropoietin (EPO) concentrations, but
responses to ketone monoester ingestion postexercise are currently unknown. The purpose …

[HTML][HTML] High-fat ketogenic diets and physical performance: a systematic review

NE Murphy, CT Carrigan, LM Margolis - Advances in Nutrition, 2021 - Elsevier
Use of high-fat, ketogenic diets (KDs) to support physical performance has grown in
popularity over recent years. While these diets enhance fat and reduce carbohydrate …