Vitamin D and PERFORMANCE

[Biciclista]

so we've all read about the fact that without vitamin D we don't absorb calcium like we should; but how about low serum Vit D levels = losing muscle mass,
not performing as well, not having as good a sense of balance? how about it might protect you from the flu?

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/newsl...2007-mar.shtml

"So the level of vitamin D (50 ng/mL) associated with peak athletic performance is the very same level that recent studies show also helps to prevent cancer, diabetes, hypertension, influenza, multiple sclerosis, major depression, cognitive decline, etc. But who cares about all that disease stuff old people get! We're talking about important stuff here: speed, balance, reaction time, muscle mass and strength, squats, reps. As for my young basketball player, guess who's now taking 5,000 IU vitamin D a day? That's right! And his 25-hydroxyvitamin D level is now 54 ng/mL. Has this improved his game? Well...he said to me he feels his timing is better, can jump a little higher, run faster and...oh yeah! and that the ball feels "sweeter"—whatever that means."

[SadieKate]

Thanks for posting this. I saw it yesterday and thought about the fact that I'd just posted last week about my several year history of testing low for D.

And, yes, I fought the psychological war and bought supplements. And, no, h3ll hath not frozen over.

I will be expecting to leap tall buildings soon . . . .

[ny biker]

Their sponsors are all companies that sell supplements...makes me sceptical.

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/sponsors.shtml

[Zen]

I will be expecting to leap tall buildings soon . . . .

I was counting on my P. F. Flyers for that.

[Biciclista]

Their sponsors sell supplements but the research done all over the world is
there for you to read. for free.

[OakLeaf]

I prefer getting my vitamin D the old-fashioned way. Just like food, we don't know that vitamin D is the only reason that sunlight is beneficial. (In fact, we know that it isn't - melatonin is another hormone that's strongly influenced by sunlight.) Never mind that vitamin D is a hormone, and I'm very dubious of ingesting artificial hormones.

I admit I'm lucky in that department, but it CAN be done in most latitudes in the winter, as long as you have a lunch break that allows you to go outside.

You Norwegian gals, have at the cod liver oil.

[Biciclista]

yeah, we need something like cod liver oil here. The indians ate salmon and lots of other oily fishes. I'm sure their bones were great.

[SadieKate]

I prefer getting my vitamin D the old-fashioned way.

And sometimes you need both. I get lots and lots of sun. Have my whole life. And my skin shows it.