Muscle strength of senior women increased 25 percent with vitamin D, decreased 6 percent with placebo – Oct 2016

Vitamin D supplements can help women build muscle after menopause

• 9 month study from Sao Paulo, Brazil,
• as late as 12+ years after menopause.
• Presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Menopause Society.
  unfortunately there was no link and I could not find the abstract
• handgrip strength increased 25%

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See also VitaminDWiki

• Improved muscle function in postmenopausal women with just 1,000 IU of vitamin D daily – RCT May 2015
  Very similar results as the study on this page
• Vitamin D supplementation improves muscle strength in healthy adults – meta-analysis of 6 RCT Aug 2014
• Muscle Strength improved 1.4 to 19 percent by vitamin D3 (not D2) – systematic review June 2016
• Sarcopenia (muscle loss) fought by Vitamin D, exercise and protein - many studies many studies
• Seniors gained 0.3 kg of muscle in 6 weeks with 800 IU and Leucine protein – Aug 2017
• Nordic Walking and 4,000 IU of vitamin D lowered cholesterol, fat, weight, and lipids (senior women) – RCT Feb 2018