Effects of a Multivitamin/multimineral Supplement on Young Males with Physical Overtraining: A Placebo-controlled, Randomized, Double-blinded Cross-over Trial,"
Li X, Huang WX, et al, Biomed Environ Sci, 2013 July; 26(7): 599-604. (
In a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study involving 240 young Chinese males with physical overtraining (field artillery personnel who underwent large scale and endurance military training), supplementation with a multivitamin/multimineral supplement for a period of one week was found to be associated with significant improvements in functional recovery of the pituitary-adrenal axis, pituitary-gonadal axis, pituitary-thyroid axis, and immune system, as well as improvements in psychological parameters - all of which were adversely affected by the training.