Hello,
I would like to ask what doses of individual vitamins you recommend for a professional athlete (example: team sport, female, 25 years old, and training 7-9 times a week and 1-2 matches). Is it even possible to obtain all the vitamins from the diet in this case, or is it necessary to take dietary supplements?
Thank you, and have a nice day.

In this case, it is not so much about what I would recommend, but what the athlete actually needs. Generally (for the general population), it is presented that with increasing physical and mental stress, the need for micronutrients also increases. However, it is necessary to avoid any generalization because each athlete has different requirements, which depend not only on their metabolic profile but also on the extent of the stress. Moreover, there are differences between water-soluble and fat-soluble vitamins – the body does not store hydrophilic substances to the extent it does lipophilic components, which means they can be safely consumed in higher concentrations (in relation to their reference value). Calculating with reference values and their multiples is tricky because, for each substance, a safe limit is additionally defined, and at the same time, a distinction is made between the recommended and therapeutic dose. Ideally, it is always best to provide the amount of each nutrient that meets the individual's real requirements, which encounters the problem of choosing an analysis capable of determining the necessary quantity.

Certainly, expect that in a regime of multi-phase training, the athlete will not be able to supply all the vitamins in the necessary amounts solely from their diet, as their actual needs are usually within lower multiples of their RI. Therefore, supportive supplementation is always advisable, which further involves determining whether a multivitamin or the intake of individual substances through separate products is more suitable, allowing for better dosage manipulation.

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