In this study that analyzed vitamin D levels of 279 elite prospective draft candidates at the NBA Combine, 79.3% were vitamin D deficient or insufficient (<32ng/mL) and 32.3% met the criteria for deficiency (<20 ng/mL).
Performance & Recovery
Vitamin D Deficiency Among Professional Basketball Players
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
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Athletes with sufficient vitamin D levels showed greater muscle strength, power, and exercise capacity — and less inflammation and pain — a review of the research found.
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Performance & Recovery
Athletes with sufficient vitamin D levels showed greater muscle strength, power, and exercise capacity — and less inflammation and pain — a review of the research found.
Nutrition Research Reviews
Performance & Recovery
Sports Health Benefits of Vitamin D
Sports Health
This review article found a strong correlation between vitamin D sufficiency and optimal muscle function. They found that increasing levels of vitamin D reduced inflammation, pain, and myopathy while increasing muscle protein synthesis, ATP concentration, strength, jump height, jump velocity, jump power, exercise capacity, and physical performance.
Performance & Recovery
Sports Health Benefits of Vitamin D
Sports Health
This review article found a strong correlation between vitamin D sufficiency and optimal muscle function. They found that increasing levels of vitamin D reduced inflammation, pain, and myopathy while increasing muscle protein synthesis, ATP concentration, strength, jump height, jump velocity, jump power, exercise capacity, and physical performance.
Performance & Recovery
Vitamin D and Its Role on the Fatigue Mitigation: A Narrative Review
Nutrients
This review discusses how vitamin D impacts fatigue through biochemical factors connected to oxidative stress and inflammatory cytokines, neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin, and control of voltage-gated calcium and chloride channels.
Performance & Recovery
Vitamin D and Its Role on the Fatigue Mitigation: A Narrative Review
Nutrients
This review discusses how vitamin D impacts fatigue through biochemical factors connected to oxidative stress and inflammatory cytokines, neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin, and control of voltage-gated calcium and chloride channels.