Trace mineral intake from food sources of a collegiate team
The collegiate wrestler must maintain a delicate weight balance in order to wrestle in his optimum division. The wrestler constantly restricts dietary intake to maintain the best wrestling weight but often sacrifices good nutrition in order to do this. Twenty members of the Miami University Wrestling Team kept diaries for 3 or 5 days. These diets were analyzed for total calories, carbohydrate, fat and protein intakes as well as copper, iodine, fluoride, chromium, molybdenum, selenium, zinc and manganese. The diets averaged 55% carbohydrate, 16% protein and 29% fat. However, all of the investigated minerals were found to be consumed in low quantities. The following are averages of the mineral intake: copper-1.51 mg, iodine-79.91 ug, fluoride-601,06 ug, chromium-0.0115 mg, molybdenum-46.56 ug, selenium-0.035 mg, zinc-7.46 mg and manganese-1.36 mg. These low mineral intakes may be due to the low calorie intake of the wrestlers. A low caloric intake is typical for wrestlers and thus these low mineral intakes may also be typical.
- Research Organization:
- Miami Univ., Oxford, OH (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5940982
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8805159-
- Journal Information:
- Trace Subst. Environ. Health; (United States), Vol. 12; Conference: 22. annual conference on trace substances in environmental health, St. Louis, MO, USA, 23-26 May 1988
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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