C Yourself Perform Better With Vitamin C!

Remember eating oranges at half time? Sitting on those hard wooden benches in your under 9 squad, while Jimmy, the little overweight kid that they stuck in goals ate all of them? It’s nice to reminisce about those good times growing up playing soccer and sucking down oranges after a hard earned half-time effort. Whilst oranges might not be the first option for competitive goalkeeper’s in today’s cut-throat electrolytic beverage market, vitamin C has a very important role in the athlete’s diet. The following study points to why vitamin C should be consumed by people in training:

“Vitamin C is required for the synthesis of carnitine, the amino acid responsible for transporting fatty acids into the cells to be oxidized (burned as fuel). Researchers found that subjects with poor vitamin C status oxidized less fat than subjects with adequate vitamin C status during a walking test.¹⁴ Similarly, subjects depleted of vitamin C who then underwent two weeks of vitamin C supplementation (500 mg daily), were able to perform 10-percent more work during a 90-minute walk.^15″

Vitamin C can help you maximize your performance by aiding in fat-loss. Therefore, vitamin C can be looked upon, based on the above study as a natural thermogenic which can help you maximize performance by reducing your fat levels during exercise. No one likes an overweight Jimmy in goals, so throw some vitamin C in your post and pre-season nutrition regime to help you burn fat and increase performance.