Training · Nutrition · Recovery
Serum zinc in athletes: what the test reflects, why it does not show tissue reserves, how to correctly give blood and when the test makes sense. An editorial overview.
Low or high blood zinc in athletes: false deviations, real causes of deficiency and excess, the risk of copper deficiency and an algorithm of action. An editorial analysis.
Potassium and sodium in an athlete's blood: how electrolytes control the muscles and heart, what the test indicators mean, how to avoid false results and when to take the test.
Sodium and potassium above or below normal in athletes: marathon hyponatremia, dehydration, weight "cutting", rhabdomyolysis, pseudohyperkalemia — causes, symptoms and actions.
Uric acid in an athlete's blood test: where it comes from, how it is linked to protein, fructose and training, what the normal limits mean and how to correctly take the test.
Uric acid above or below normal in athletes: training, dehydration, diets, fructose, medications, gout, kidney stones and rare hypouricemia. What to do with a deviation.
C-reactive protein (CRP) and hs-CRP in an athlete: how it is formed, what the test reflects, how the standard and high-sensitivity tests differ, how training affects the result.
Elevated or low C-reactive protein in athletes: competitions, injuries, infections, fat mass, overtraining, chronic diseases. How to distinguish normal from a problem and what to do.
ESR in an athlete: how the erythrocyte sedimentation rate test works, what the result depends on, how ESR differs from CRP and when this test is truly informative.
Elevated or low ESR in athletes: anemia, infections, injuries, inflammatory diseases, high hematocrit. How to make sense of a deviation and which additional tests to take.
Serum zinc in athletes: what the test reflects, why it does not show tissue reserves, how to correctly give blood and when the test makes sense. An editorial overview.
Low or high blood zinc in athletes: false deviations, real causes of deficiency and excess, the risk of copper deficiency and an algorithm of action. An editorial analysis.
