What role does vitamin D play in post-exercise nutrition?

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Randy Bird,MS,RD,CSSD,CSCS · Answer

The question is, what role does vitamin D play in post-exercise nutrition? And the short answer is very little. Vitamin D plays a lot of roles in our body, from enhancing the innate immune system to aiding in absorption of calcium, so helping with calcification of our bones, making our bones stronger. There's even some research to show it improves muscle health. There's studies that have looked at vitamin D levels to start a season, and those with higher vitamin D miss fewer games due to muscle injuries. Those with lower vitamin D miss more games due to muscle injuries. But specifically when we're looking at post-exercise nutrition, current research does not show much benefit specifically for vitamin D in that time. It's vital for the whole day, vital for many roles, just not really specific to post-exercise nutrition.

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