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
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- 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 – 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
Athletes are helped by vitamin D by:
- Faster reaction time
- Far fewer colds/flus during the winter
- Less sore/tired after a workout
- Fewer micro-cracks and broken bones
- Bones which do break heal much more quickly
- Increased VO2 and exercise endurance Feb 2011
- Indoor athletes especially need vitamin D
- Professional indoor athletes are starting to take vitamin D and/or use UV beds
- Olympic athletes have used UV/vitamin D since the 1930's
- The biggest gain from the use of vitamin D is by those who exercise less than 2 hours per day.
- Reduced muscle fatigue with 10,000 IU vitamin D daily
- Muscle strength improved when vitamin D added: 3 Meta-analysis
- Reduced Concussions
See also: Sports and Vitamin D category277 items
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