IronandtheEffectsofExercise(铁和运动效果的联系).docVIP

Iron and the Effects of Exercise Para 1 Sports medicine experts have observed for years that endurance athletes, particularly females, frequently have iron deficiencies. Now a new study by a team of Purdue University researchers suggests that even moderate exercise may lead to reduced iron in the blood of women. Para 2 揥e found that women who were normally inactive and then started a program of moderate exercise showed evidence of iron loss,?says Roseanne M. Lyle, associate professor at Purdue. Her study of 62 formerly inactive women who began exercising three times a week for six months was published in the journal Medicine Science in Sports Exercise. Para 3 揥omen who consumed additional meat or took iron supplements were able to bounce back,?she notes. 揃ut the new exercisers who followed their normal diet showed a decrease in iron levels.? Para 4 Iron deficiency is very common among women in general, affecting one in four female teenagers and one in five women aged 18 to 45, respectively. But the ratio is even greater among active women, affecting up to 80 percent of female endurance athletes. This means, Lyle says, that “too many women ignore the amount of iron they take in”. Women of childbearing age are at greatest risk, since their monthly bleeding is a major source of iron loss. Plus, many health-conscious women increase their risk by rejecting red meat, which contains the most easily absorbed form of iron. And because women often restrict their diet in an effort to control weight, they may not consume enough iron-rich food, and are liable to experience a deficiency. Para 5 揟he average woman takes in only two thirds of the recommended daily allowance of iron,?notes another expert. 揊or a woman who alrerisady has a poor iron status, any additional iron loss from exercise may be enough to tip her over the edge into a more serious deficiency,?notes the expert. Para 6 Exercise can result in iron loss through a variety of the mechanisms. So