MICRONUTRIENTS

They serve to complement the diets of the sportsmen. Two examples of micronutrients are:

CALCIUM:
The calcium is determinant in the soundness of the skeleton, which intervien of decisive form in the resistance of the traumatism. The calcium receives major importance in the adolescent sportsmen whose requirimientos are major on having been in growth phase.

IRON:

Its shortcoming is observed generally in brokers of long distance, in the women and in those who go in for collective sports with many training meetings.

This shortcoming can be given to the scarce intestinal absorption, insufficient contribution or increase of losses.