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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

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 281 items


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