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Performance improvement in sport through vitamin D - a narrative review
K Weiss1, A Devrim-Lanpir, Z Jastrzębski
1Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. beat.knechtle@hispeed.ch.
Objective:
It is well known that vitamin D deficiency can lead to various health problems. However, it is not common knowledge among athletes and doctors that vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in sports. This deficiency can severely impact performance, while vitamin D supplementation can alleviate this effect and potentially improve performance.
Materials And Methods:
This narrative review aims to compile the current state of knowledge about the importance of vitamin D in increasing performance for active people. To this end, we searched the 'Scopus' and 'PubMed' databases for the terms 'vitamin D - athlete - performance' with an end date of 30 June 2022.
Results:
Study results indicated that the therapeutic impact of vitamin D on aerobic capacity, recovery, strength and sprint performance remains controversial.
Conclusions:
Based on the previous findings on recovery, strength and performance, 4,000-5,000 IU of vitamin D per day may be a safe dose that can improve athletic performance.
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