Potential harms of supplementation with high doses of antioxidants in athletes

• Autori principali: Shunchang Li (Autore), Babatunde Fasipe (Autore), Ismail Laher (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Elsevier, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Vigorous exercise generates large amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a result of the consumption of large volumes of O2 in athletes, causing some athletes to consume antioxidants in the erroneous belief that this will counteract the damaging effects of ROS. There is currently no convincing...