In Ohio, a new study found that women who took a specially prepared blend of minerals and nutrients for a month saw their 3-mile run time drop by almost a minute. According to research from The Ohio State University, the women who took the supplement also saw improvements in distance covered in 25 minutes on a stationary bike and a third test in which they stepped on and off a bench.
“We know that young women, in particular, often have micro-deficiencies in nutrients and that those nutrients play a role in how cells work during exercise,” said Robert DiSilvestro, lead study author and a professor of human nutrition at Ohio State.
The minerals that were used in the study included forms of iron, copper and zinc along with two other nutrients – carnitine, which is derived from an amino acid, and, phosphatidylserine, made up of both fatty acids and amino acids.