Result of 5 years of Vitamin D given to athletes in a high school: $60 million in scholarships, almost zero concussions, etc.

Over 85 football players and almost 100 total student athletes from MLK on the vitamin D nutrition program have received college athletic scholarships over the past 5 years. In addition, they are dominating in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in football and track. The SEC is the most competitive conference in college sports.”

Football WITHOUT Vitamin D – 2010 Season = 5 Concussions

Football WITH Vitamin D – 2011 Season

0 Concussions

Almost 100% reduction in injuries

Ranked 3rd in the State’s 5-A Div

2014: Over the past 3 Seasons they have a record of 30-6

2012-2014: 64 students received football Scholarships

See also VitaminDWiki

• Search VitaminDWiki for MATTHEWS 112 items not in PDF as of Aug 2020

• Fastest US High School sprinters are both at the school taking lots of vitamin D (Matthews) May 2016

• Heart Attack ICU costs reduced $37,000 by $20 of Vitamin D – Nov 2015 Matthews

• A Concussion-Free Football Season: How one High School beat the odds - July 2012

• US Army learning about benefits of vitamin D to trauma – Matthews Dec 2013 visiting Dr. Matthews hospital

• Concussions (traumatic brain injury) getting big press coverage, vitamin D might be both a cause and a solution

  Overview Sports and vitamin D has the following summary

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