Michelle Wilmot honored for service in Iraq
May 18, 2010 by awveterans
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" 'The statistic we have is that the iron supplements can actually shave two minutes off the two-mile run time,' said Scott McConnell, who discussed Army Training and Doctrine Command's efforts to improve training at the quarterly meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services on Wednesday.
'About a quarter of the women who enter the Army training pipeline have an iron deficiency,After several weeks of training, that figure can double,' he said. ...
'That impacts your body's ability to carry oxygen to the vital organs. And so iron deficiency can actually be reflected in poor aerobic fitness levels and physical performance,' McConnell said."Services Use Vitamins, Nutrition to Boost Female Grunts' Performance
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Army officials were tasked with looking for ways to get the best performance out of female troops.
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Check out what others are saying about this post...[…] Wilmot, Excelsior College graduate and Massachusetts’ 2009 Outstanding Women Veteran, knows this better than most. She enlisted in the military at 17 years old, following in the […]