{"id":63585,"date":"2016-07-07T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/\/\/uncategorized\/the-effects-of-vitamin-d-supplementation-on-muscle-strength"},"modified":"2021-11-22T01:14:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T06:14:21","slug":"the-effects-of-vitamin-d-supplementation-on-muscle-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/the-effects-of-vitamin-d-supplementation-on-muscle-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"The Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Muscle Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"

A systematic review<\/a> of the effect of Vitamin D<\/a> supplementation on strength levels in athletes was published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research<\/em> this week.<\/p>\n

Vitamin D2 was found to be ineffective at impacting muscle strength, though vitamin D3 was shown to have a positive impact on muscle strength<\/strong>. There were significant improvements in strength where vitamin D3 was administered, ranging from 1.37% to 18.75%.<\/p>\n

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that has been proven to bolster your immune function, bone health, reducing hypertension, and even faciliate weight loss<\/a><\/strong>. Sunlight is a key source of vitamin D absorption in humans, with deficiency being rife in the Northern territories that are deprived of sunlight in the winter months.<\/p>\n

Supplementation has enjoyed a rise in popularity in recent years among athletic populations, with research concluding that vitamin D can have positive effects on everything from your body composition to your testosterone levels<\/strong>. Vitamin D3 is the preferred form for supplementation as it has been proven<\/a> to be absorbed 500 times faster and 87 percent more effective than its counterpart, vitamin D2, in raising vitamin D levels in the body.<\/p>\n

This review shows, as with most supplements, that a period of at least a month is needed to see significant strength increases, and effective dosages can vary. In all of the vitamin D trials reviewed, supplementation l<\/strong>asted from 4 weeks to 6 months and dosages ranged from 600 IU to 5000 IU per day. In general, <\/strong>recommendations vary<\/a> between 4,000-8,000 IUs\/day to supplement a vitamin D deficit and then maintain a healthy level going forward. <\/strong>It\u2019s advisable to check your levels before you attempt to supplement them.<\/p>\n

Though strongly advocated by many coaches, it has been difficult to draw definitive conclusions<\/a> for performance gains from vitamin D supplementation from previous studies, and indeed, the researchers of this review note that additional studies are needed to confirm the associations to strength gains found here<\/strong>. But in the meantime, the review may lead the way to a more definitive association between this vitamin and athletic performance in future.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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