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The Best Supplements For Triathletes

It’s crucial when adding any supplement to your diet as a triathlete to choose the correct one. Athletic performance should be supported by good hydration and a well-balanced diet, but if you want to push yourself further, you can consider taking nutritional supplements.

The best supplements for triathletes are not a replacement for a healthy nutrition plan, but are there rather to supplement a balanced diet, so bear this in mind.

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Do triathletes need supplements?

No one needs supplements; no matter the sport you are competing in, or the fitness regime you follow, your body will gain everything it needs from a well-balanced diet. However, eating a balanced and varied diet can be difficult depending on your dietary requirements, and supplements are a great way to support your body by ensuring all nutrient levels are adequately met.

Triathlon training is high-intensity and involves a variety of different activities, and if you’re trying to meet new goals or achieve a personal best, then adding some of the best supplements for triathlons to your diet might be a good idea.

 

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Popular supplements for triathletes

The best supplements for triathletes are those which support bone health, as well as energy levels and muscle health.

Omega 3

Omega 3 is essential in supporting heart, joint and cognitive health. It’s found naturally in oily fish, but this might be difficult to obtain through your diet, especially if you are veggie or vegan. Ensuring that joints and heart are supported is crucial for the high intensity training associated with triathlon training.

Iron

This is a crucial nutrient for everyone, not just for triathletes. Iron ensures that your body has enough energy, and comes from leafy green veg and red meat. If you believe you have any symptoms of iron deficiency, you should first contact your doctor. They’ll test your iron levels, and will recommend taking a supplement if you need one.

Multivitamins

Triathlons will require frequent, high-intensity training to achieve success. And, in order to fuel your body, you need to make sure you’re eating a healthy, balanced diet. However, you can supplement this with a daily multivitamin to ensure your nutrient levels are what they should be.

Vitamin D and calcium

These nutrients work together, helping the body by supporting bone health. Triathlons will put an enormous amount of strain on our bodies, and calcium and vitamin D will help to ensure that the body can cope with this.

Vitamin D comes naturally from the sun, but this can be more limited during the winter months. Calcium, on the other hand, comes from a variety of sources like dark green veg, dairy products, and fish with soft bones. Taking these nutrients in supplementary form helps to support your levels.

Amino acids

Amino acids are organic compounds which make protein, neurotransmitters, hormones and muscle. They are required by DNA and RNA to form, and ensuring that you have the best amino acid supplements to support your body’s natural levels could help you to achieve your best in triathlons.

FAQ

Our R&D process usually takes around 12-18 months, but can take up to 2 years with lots of to-ing- and fro-ing to get the formula just right.

Our formulas are created based on the latest research and scientific understanding. Only those ingredients known to be safe through historical use and clinical research are selected for use in our products.

Many of our formulas contain natural extracts from food or plant sources, such as curcumin, ginger, artichoke, berberbine, ashwagandha, milk thistle and broccoli to name just a few. Other examples include calcium from algae and vitamin K2 from chickpeas. Many of our supplements also contain nutrients known as “nature-identical” – manufactured to be a perfect replica of the same nutrient found in food, an identical structure with optimal purity and absorption. Unlike “food grown” supplements, our formulas are backed by real science, allowing us to include higher, more therapeutic levels of nutrients, as well as botanicals, in the forms known to be better assimilated by the body, and are standardised for consistency across our range.

Often it’s necessary to include additional ingredients in our products to make them effective. These are also known as excipients, and include ingredients such as anti-caking agents which stop lumps from forming in powders, flow agents which help with the manufacturing process, or coating ingredients used to help make the tablet easy to swallow. Whatever the product, we aim to use as few excipients as possible, from the safest, most natural sources available. Over the last few months we have been busy working through our entire product range to see where we can make changes to the additional ingredients we use, reducing the number of excipients or even switching to “pure-fill” capsules (where no excipients are used at all), and you will see these changes filtering through over the next year. With complex formulations containing lots of ingredients, this process is a tricky one, but we are committed to making improvements to our products where we can. For more information on the excipients we use, click here

Products are sent to us with Certificates of Analysis or Certificates of Compliance which we hold on file here at Nutri Advanced. We also hold extensive information on the ingredients and allergen status of our products – so if you have a question about our products, please do call our customer service team. We are always happy to help!

GMP means “Good Manufacturing Practice”. GMP describes the minimum standard that a medicines manufacturer must meet in their production processes, and ensures that products are of a consistently high quality, are appropriate for their intended use and meet any authorisation requirements. Food supplements are not medicines, and so are not required to be manufactured in GMP-certified facilities, but by using suppliers who are manufacturing to GMP standards, we are happy that our products are being made to the highest quality. We ourselves at Nutri Advanced hold a Wholesale Dealers Authorisation, meaning we are certified to GDP – “Good Distribution Practice”. GDP ensures that the quality and integrity of products are maintained throughout the supply chain.

Products are sent to us with Certificates of Analysis or Certificates of Compliance which we hold on file here at Nutri Advanced. We also hold extensive information on the ingredients and allergen status of our products – so if you have a question about our products, please do call our customer service team. We are always happy to help!