Diet of olympic athletes
Common Questions and Answers about Diet of olympic athletes
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If you get to an extremely low amount of body fat compared to muscle mass, as sometimes happens to Olympic-caliber athletes, you can stop menstruating. It's a body adaptation from primitive days that (by stopping ovulation) has the effect of keeping women from getting pregnant when there is not enough food, I've read. But just general sports at the level most people play them, no, you won't have trouble with your period.
The hope to remain free from complications because of good management. The hope of finding that new technology which improves your life and health. The hope of finding that cure someday.
And it's more than just hope, it's the expectation that diabetes will not hold you back from doing anything that you want to do, from being anyone that you want to be. We've met everyone from Miss America to Olympic gold medalists to pilots to professional athletes, and many more people.
In the 30's? Are you in heart failure? Olympic athletes are known for low heart rates in the 40's, but that is rare. Resting heart rates are normally between 70-100.
Very little steroid gets into your system to cause the side effects from oral steroids you might be fearing. Also, many Olympic athletes have asthma and use ICS's.
Another thought for you to discus with your dr is acid reflux. Stress can trigger asthma and reflux. Reflux can also cause all the symptoms you mentioned. Many people are falsely diagnosed with asthma when they have reflux. When the reflux is controlled the asthma symptoms go away as well.
Given your symptoms they may overlook the possibility of athletes heart and continue with further testing. There are a number of possible causes from high blood pressure, faulty valves or even genetic disorders. Until further testing is performed, it would be simple guess work as to what exactly is causing the problem.
MRIs really don't tell you much about muscles -- it's really more about soft tissues that don't show up on X-rays (bones show up well on digital X-rays). In your case, most likely there's something in the way you're moving that's not going well -- such as tight hips, lack of mobility in the joints, and the like. There also might be some hydration or nutrition problems, which would explain the hamstring problems.
However, It was only in the mid-90s when Eastern European Olympic athletes claimed that tribulus contributed to their success that tribulus became known in the North America.
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8) Maca
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Hi Rachel25Marie,
I'm so sorry you are going through this! I don't have any answers for you on what to do, but I do know if you look up ways to slow down Hashimoto's through your diet, there is a lot of material out there. I am an endurance athlete (I do a lot of slow distance running) but by no means am I competitive.
I have been this active since around 15-16 years of age. I have a healthy diet (good fats, protein, low GI carbs), dont smoke, and drink rarely. I am 6 2", 85kgs and around 10-12% body fat - lean and muscluar.
I would like advice as to whether this is anything to worry about hugely? Are these abnormalities likely to be caused by my exercise? I have no family history of heart problems and have never had a since heart problem or chest pains myself.
Many of us can have heart rate zones where premature beats (in young people usually PACs - extra beats from the upper heart chambers) occur. They can have many causes, and adrenaline excess is the most common. If we start to worry about the heart rhythm during exercise, it can get a lot worse. From what I've heard (and unfortunately experienced myself from time to time) it usually happens in the beginning of exercise, or in the heart rate zones 130-160 bpm.
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