Regular exercise throughout your life, is good for you, it has a tonic effect on the body, including the immune system. Exercise makes you feel good, it stimulates the release of beta endorphins and serotonin in the brain, releases stress.

Although an important fact that many athletes and sports people alike forget is that during exercise we take in more oxygen than usual so we are also stimulating the movement of free radicals, the molecules that damage the body.

So there is a greater need for all keen sports people to supplement their diet with antioxidants, like Vitamin C and E (see antioxidant information).

The intake of certain minerals is also important to the body's performance. To work at it's very best insulin and other hormones must be secreted to supply glucose for the muscles to convert into energy.

Minerals like chromium, magnesium, zinc and also B vitamins all support the body during exercise.