Vitamin D lower in NFL football players who suffered muscled injuries, study reports

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine ^ | July 10, 2011 | Unknown

[decimon]

The info in this release is incomplete but it gives the general idea.

[decimon]

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[stefanbatory]

did playing in a dome stadium have anything to do with individual players’ levels?

[stefanbatory]

all from same team...maybe I should read before posting...

[troy McClure]

Sounds like they need to get a tan.

[MsLady]

One reason might be, if they are injured they aren’t spending so much time outside in the sun. Also my doc told me if you have any kind of autoimmune diseases(inflammation too maybe?) your body will soak up vitamin D, you end up needing more. The darker your skin is, either from genetics of tanning/burning, or if you are over weight it takes longer for your body to make D from the sun.

[NordP]

I was having a discussion with a high school buddy of mine who lives in MN (while I was visiting) and has cancer. During our discussion, I said, "Why do you think sooo many people have cancer nowadays...I'm always hearing about someone?" He said that his doctor believes (personally) that because of the long winters in MN--with so many staying inside for so long, may have something to do with it.

Also while there on my vacation, I shared that story with another friend of mine in MN and she happened to be due for a yearly physical. She specifically asked her doctor to test her Vitamin D level. He did. She was soooo low! He gave her high dosage Vitamin D pills and she said, "I felt better and I SLEPT LIKE A BABY!!!" She was sold!

I don't know...just sayin...

[fso301]

That when watching football games, most players suffering leg cramps seem to be blacks points to slight physiological differences.

[slowhandluke]

Vitamin D deficiency has been known to cause an assortment of health problems,

This is rhetorical overkill. There's a know correlation, but nobody has shown causation, or even suggested a mechanism for low Vitamin D to cause trouble. On the other hand, there are peer-reviewed papers on low Vitamin D being caused by the disease process, and a discussion of the mechanism.

Low Levels Of Vitamin D In Patients With Autoimmune Disease May Be Result, Not Cause, Of The Disease

"Deficiency in vitamin D has been widely regarded as contributing to autoimmune disease, but a review appearing in Autoimmunity Reviews explains that low levels of vitamin D in patients with autoimmune disease may be a result rather than a cause of disease and that supplementing with vitamin D may actually exacerbate autoimmune disease."

[lonestar]

You’re probably thinking about the old Astroturf—it was hard on knees IIRC.

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[goodwithagun]

I've been trying to keep track of the newer ways that pro athletes take care of themselves using alternative medicine, supplements, and therapies. It is interesting that they have millions of dollars to spend on the most advanced treatments, yet they are now gravitating toward alternative treatments that tend to cost less than modern medicine and modern therapies. I have to conclude that it is because many of the alternative options work better. Some of our high school football players had the chance to hang out with some of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The boys said that the players were popping pills constantly: fish oil, D3, glucosamine/condroiton, C, and hyaluronic acid. They also had standing appointments for chiropractic adjustments.

[kruss3]

You need to refrain from posting so enthusiastically when you really don’t have a clue.

In a mouse model of multiple sclerosis, vitamin D was found to reverse experimental autoimmune encephalitis by inhibiting the synthesis of chemokines (22). Similar effects were found by two different groups using a mouse model for diabetes. Nonobese diabetic mice treated with vitamin D were found to have a decrease in pancreatic islet chemokine expression, which was accompanied by less insulitis and inhibition of type 1 diabetes development (23, 24)

http://www.jimmunol.org/content/184/2/965.full

[lonestar]

There is a big difference in Vitamin D and Vitamin D3. I take 5000 IU D3 dailey.

On May 6, enroute to the Bahamas I slipped at the airport, hurt my arm and bloodied my upper lip. Assured by EMS I had nothing broken, I hopped on the plane and went.

On May 9, somehow I got into a wetsuit and swam with dolphins.

May 12, back home went to dr. who confirmed I had fractured my shoulder..and messed up my rotator cuff.

I am doing PT now to improve range of motion but I haven's had any real pain or problems. Never lost sleep. Took 2 Aleve or Advil 3X dailey for pain first 2 weeks.

I have given credit to the Vit D3 for how well I've done.

I am female, 72 years old!...and never played in the NFL. LOL!

One of the first studies was in a hospital for the criminally insane. I wasn't there either!

I am a firm believer in Vit D3.

[granite]

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[fini]

What is the difference between D and D3?

[lonestar]

I;m not an authority

http://www.differencebetween.net/science/difference-between-vitamin-d-and-vitamin-d3/

[Popman]

I am a firm believer in Vit D3.

Thanks to FR I started reading about vitamin D3

I am also a firm believer, since started taking 5000 mg of D3 daily I have not been sick once in over 18 months. Not even a sniffle.

[lonestar]

I don’t like to take medicine. It seems people have more problems with their meds than before they started taking them!

[neverdem]

Thanks decimon