Seniors can restore lost muscle (Sarcopenia) – first restore vitamin D, then exercise

Created July 2018

Chapter 4 Treatment of sarcopenia

Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18 (Suppl. 1): 28-44, doi: 10.1111/ggi.13322

Hidenori Arai,1 Hidetaka Wakabayashi,2 Yoshihiro Yoshimura,3 Minoru Yamada,4 Hunkyung Kim5 and Atsushi Harada1

1National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, 2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, 3Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kumamoto Rehabilitation Hospital, Kumamoto, 4Department of Lifespan Developmental Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University ofTsukuba, and5Research Team for Promoting Independence of the Elderly, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan

This review of many sarcopenia studies has no abstract

  • Examined exercise and/or Vitamin D

  • Study found that starting vitamin D supplementation before exercise was best

  • VitaminDWiki believes that there is little point in the exercise before Vitamin D levels are restored

    • Maintenance dose of vitamin D would require 3-4 months
    • Load dose of vitamin D would require < 2 weeks
1. Sarcopenia (muscle loss) fought by Vitamin D, exercise and protein - many studies many studies 1. VitaminDWiki pages containing SARCOPENIA in title (16 as of Oct 2021) This list is automatically updated {LIST()} See also web * The most effective factors to offset sarcopenia and obesity in the older Korean: Physical activity, vitamin D, and protein intake Nutrition Jan 2017 [doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2016.06.004](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2016.06.004) * Longitudinal Associations Between Vitamin D Metabolites and Sarcopenia in Older Australian men: The Concord Health and Aging in Men Project * Sarcopenia 2.5X more likely if low Vitamin D (5 years earlier) * [Search Cinical Trials for SARCOPENIA and "VITAMIN D"](https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=&recr;=&rslt;=&type;=&cond;=sarcopenia&intr;=%22vitamin+d%22&titles;=&outc;=&spons;=&lead;=&id;=&state1;=&cntry1;=&state2;=&cntry2;=&state3;=&cntry3;=&locn;=&gndr;=&rcv;_s=&rcv;_e=&lup;_s=&lup;_e=) 28 trials as of July 2018

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