An adequate supply of red blood cells is essential to physical activity and overall well-being. A low red blood cell count means less oxygen is being delivered to performing muscles. Because oxygen is essential to burn the calories used by muscles in aerobic exercise, this can have a direct effect on your ability to perform. To learn more check out this week's article on Anemia and Exercise Performance.

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Anemia and Exercise Performance


A drop in athletic performance or a general feeling of fatigue may indicate you are suffering from anemia, a condition in which the production and amount of your red blood cells is below normal. Red blood cells which carry oxygen from the lungs to muscle tissues and organs are synthesized in the bone marrow. Each cell lives for about 120 days in the circulation.

A decrease in any of hemogram values (Ht, Hg, Hem) is called anemia. They can be altered by the plasmatic volumes. Difference between women and men values are due to androgen hormones.

An adequate supply of these red blood cells is essential to physical activity and overall well-being. A low red blood cell count means less oxygen is being delivered to performing muscles. Because oxygen is essential to burn the calories used by muscles in aerobic exercise, this can have a direct effect on your ability to perform.

A molecule of iron is needed to make part of a protein called "hemoglobin" in the red blood cells. Hemoglobin is the essential protein that carries oxygen in the red blood cell. Without adequate iron, your body is unable to make new red blood cells, resulting in iron-deficiency anemia, sometimes called "tired blood." It is the most common type of anemia.
 

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