MICRONUTRIENTS MINERALS

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Every claim above traces back to a peer-reviewed paper. No shortcuts. No cherry-picking. 4 studies analyzed on micronutrients minerals.

Your Blood Says Vitamin D Works. Your Muscles Disagree. Vitamin D supplements raised blood levels dramatically across ten trials of 354 athletes — but three of four strength tests… Han et al. · 2024 · Frontiers in Nutrition · n=354

Does ZMA Work? Inside the One Study That Said Yes The only study claiming ZMA boosts testosterone was funded by the patent holder. Two independent replications found zero effect. Zinc… Te et al. · 2023 · Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology · n=38

Is Your Multivitamin Doing Anything? 19 Studies Checked. Controlled experiments found zero benefit for mortality, cancer, heart disease, immunity, or brain function. The one non-zero result — eye… Wang et al. · 2025 · Ageing Research Reviews · n=5,535,426

The Iron Dose Most Female Athletes Get Wrong Iron-deficient female athletes lost 1–19% of their endurance performance. Supplementation at 100+ mg/day improved time-to-exhaustion by approximately 20%. Below that… M et al. · 2024 · Journal of Sport and Health Science · n=669

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