Goal for Scottish athletes: none will be vitamin D deficient (typically 2 out of 3) – June 2014

More than 60% of Scottish athletes suffer from lack of sunshine Herald Scotland

Dr Brian Walker, the head of sports medicine at the sportscotland Institute of Sport, has an active program for testing vitamin d levels.
Preparing for Commonwealth Games – Glasgow 2014 End of July
Did not mention how many of the following he will be using to get an adequate level

• Vitamin D supplements
• More sunshine (hard to find in Scotland)
• UV (tanning) booths (used by various UK sports teams)
• UV lighting added to lockerroom/classroom

Note: The article did not mention what they consider an adequate level to be

• 10 ng – UK
• 20 ng – US and many countries
• 30 ng – many endocrinologists
• 40 ng – many vitamin D researchers
• 50 ng – some vitamin D researchers and some athletics studies

See also VitaminDWiki

• Sports benefits from up to 50 ng of Vitamin – meta-analysis - Nov 2012
• Nutritional deficiencies of seasoned athletes (vitamin D is 2nd) – Aug 2013
• Is 50 ng of vitamin D too high, just right, or not enough
• Overview Sports and vitamin D has the following summary

Athletes are helped by vitamin D by:

1. Faster reaction time
2. Far fewer colds/flus during the winter
3. Less sore/tired after a workout
4. Fewer micro-cracks and broken bones
5. Bones which do break heal much more quickly
6. Increased VO2 and exercise endurance Feb 2011
7. Indoor athletes especially need vitamin D
8. Professional indoor athletes are starting to take vitamin D and/or use UV beds
9. Olympic athletes have used UV/vitamin D since the 1930's
10. The biggest gain from the use of vitamin D is by those who exercise less than 2 hours per day.
11. Reduced muscle fatigue with 10,000 IU vitamin D daily
12. Muscle strength improved when vitamin D added: 3 Meta-analysis
13. Reduced Concussions
    See also: Sports and Vitamin D category 282 items

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