All the recent stories around the World in the press and other forms of media about contaminated vitamin and mineral supplements leading to positive drugs tests have led a number of players and indeed other athletes to abstain from using them Kenny Golladay Womens Jersey , in particular, our tennis playing elite.

You might assume that this should not be a problem as we are constantly being told again and again: a varied diet eaten in the right amounts that meet the energy requirements of an athlete or player should provide him or her with all the necessary nutrients required by the body.

This concept is quite na?ve and will actually result in giving our players? opponents (who do take supplements) an unfair advantage.

Why?

Read on!

Let?s for a minute assume, however unlikely, that you as a tennis player do eat a varied diet in the necessary quantities (whatever that is???)

The food that you eat you will certainly not be as nutritious as stated by the dietary analysis programs used by many to ascertain an individual?s nutrient intake ? and here is why!

Our soil has far, far fewer minerals than it once did and the nutrients in our foods diminish with time, temperature, light and processing (all of which play a big part in the modern manufacturing process).

Forget professional players and athletes (whose bodies place large demands on their food and drink intake), with the best will in the world, even a so called ?couch potato? would find it very, very difficult get optimal levels of nutrients eating the food we produce today.

Add to all of that environmental factors such as the stress of exercise, the stress of everyday life and the added effect of our polluted environment, all of which are factors that require even more nutrients for our bodies to function properly and pretty soon you are left with players and athletes who visibly get tired more quickly, get injured more often, recover more slowly, have mood swings, lose mental clarity and alertness and leave the courts and pitches of the World feeling both battered and frustrated.

Recently a large number of studies have shown that antioxidant supplementation protects against free radicals, exercise and pollution induced damage and those taking vitamin C have shown a lower incidence of upper respiratory tract infections.

Remember Excessive exercise often results in a weakened immune system.

A 4 year study on probiotics (the ?good? bacteria) recently completed might be of help, as it showed a definitive link between probiotics and immunity and as such, the use of probiotics immediately after each tennis match you play, or practisefitness session you take part in may well prove beneficial.

CONCLUSION

The problem of contamination can therefore be overcome by only using supplements from the supplement manufacturers who definitely do not produce hormones or banned substances on their premises.

However, the proper supplementation geared to each player?s individual needs is best handled by a qualified sport nutritionist.

Isn?t it about time YOU went on court properly fuelled to win?
Seiji Ozawa

Japan's Seiji Ozawa, one of the best-known conductors of his generation, said on Monday he had recovered from health problems including cancer and has many plans for the future, including conducting an opera next year.


Ozawa, 78, was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in January 2010, underwent lower back surgery a year later and suffered multiple bouts of pneumonia, which kept him mostly sidelined until mid-2013.


He then made a triumphant return by directing an opera at the Saito Kinen Festival, a music extravaganza in the Japanese city of Matsumoto that he founded 23 years ago. On Monday, he welcomed the announcement that the festival will be renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival.


"I'm really grateful," he told a news conference, contrasting the gesture to having a rehearsal hall named for him in the US in 1994, when the idea struck him as being "a little bit like a tombstone."


"That somebody like me, who has suffered a major illness and underwent surgery, can speak casually about death is proof that I've really recovered," he said. "Either that, or I'm really dumb - but please think of me as being recovered and active."


Ozawa, a former conductor at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Vienna State Opera, will direct a concert at the Matsumoto festival this summer and an opera, Beatrice and Benedict by Hector Berlioz, next year.


But he said changing the festival's name did not signal other changes, such as his retirement.


"That kind of thing is a trade secret," he said, to laughter. "The truth is that I have always been thinking of who might take over from me even from the time I began the festival years ago."


Known for throwing his whole body into conducting, Ozawa drew mixed reviews from critics for his dramatic style.


But his bushy hair and smile charmed audiences, especially in the US, where his tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra spanned nearly three decades and made him a household name.


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