Vitamins to help divers
While we’re on the subject of news, I read in the news today that scientists have said that taking vitamins C and E are beneficial to the health of divers. I’ve glanced at the abstract of the article, entitled rather impressively, “The effects of acute oral antioxidants on diving-induced alterations in human cardiovascular function” from The Journal of Physiology, but it only succeeded in making my head hurt! The BBC news article linked below does manage to explain the bulk of the article and what it means:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6314901.stm
Basically, it is saying that doses of those vitamins prior to diving will help to prevent something called endothelial dysfunction, a state caused by gas bubbles getting into the circulatory system. Although dive medicine organisations are so far saying that this would have a very limited effect on diving (and DAN have made no comments yet), it could be another thing to consider. I already take multivitamins each day so am hopefully getting my dose of vitamin C and E, but it goes to show that a balanced diet with plenty of vitamins and minerals will keep you healthy when above or below the waves.
I’ll keep an eye on this story and if there’s anything more about it, I will post and let you know about it. Until then, take care and dive safely.
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