Vitamin D and Athletic Performance

[Garrett Smith]

The Vitamin D Newsletter
March, 2007
Peak Athletic Performance and Vitamin D
Could be the best bang-for-the-buck supplement out there according to the research he collected.

[Blair Lowe]

Holy guacamole! Even better than milk!

Besides sun and fish, it doesn't seem like there is a lot of VitD in anything besides a bit in eggs and livers ( blech, though I hear the dessicated Argentinian beef liver is an awesome supplement for energy ).

[George Mounce]

Originally Posted by Blair Lowe

Holy guacamole! Even better than milk!

Unless it is raw, they add Vit D to milk. It would be fair to say it is probably the best source of Vit D for most.

[Garrett Smith]

On milk and Vitamin D: http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/

SUNSHINE AND YOUR HEALTH

If one regularly avoids sunlight exposure, research indicates a necessity to supplement with at least 5,000 units (IU) of vitamin D daily. To obtain this amount from milk one would need to consume 50 glasses.

I don't even think the GOMAD program would cover the 50 glasses--even though it might feel like it...

[Mike ODonnell]

Originally Posted by George Mounce

Unless it is raw, they add Vit D to milk. It would be fair to say it is probably the best source of Vit D for most.

I'd say Cod Liver Oil....2 for 1 with EPA/DHA and Vit D.

[Garrett Smith]

MOD,
Carlson's has 2000iu A and 400iu D per teaspoon. To get the D mentioned above (for any of us with jobs that don't allow us to get 20 minutes of full-body midday sun exposure), that's ~12 teaspoons (4 Tablespoons). That would also be 24,000iu of A, more than even WAP recommends for adults--and close to what Chris Forbis said he got hypervitaminosis A from @ 30,000iu A / day). That would also be quite a bit of EPA/DHA, about 12 grams of total EPA/DHA in the 60g of fish oil. I had an ND friend who tried taking 15g of EPA daily and he definitely had some excessive problems with clotting due to that high a dose.

Green Pastures CLO has 5000iu A and 500iu D per serving. Obviously one gets into huge vitamin A doses if they were to try to get 5000iu D from this product alone, let alone 2000iu D. Depending on which product from Green Pastures one gets, there may or may not be much EPA/DHA present, as that isn't so much what their products try to emphasize.

The combo I'm tending toward is 2400mg total EPA/DHA, 5000iu A / 500iu D from CLO, and then filling in the D3 from a cholecalciferol product as necessary.

[George Mounce]

My point is, the general population is getting it from milk.

Not to insult here, but this sounds very snake oil. All the sudden Vit D is the cure-all for everything? I will wave the BS flag.

So now we all must take fish oil and Vit D, when 10 years ago it was Vit C.

What the hell happened to real food? Our paleo ancestors weren't out looking for pills and capsules.

I have gotten sick one time in the last 9 or so years, and I can guaruntee it had nothing to do with vit D. Viruses will occur regardless.

I mean the addiction of the board to Vit D has bordered on the same thing Keys was talking about with saturated fats and cholesterol. Am I supposed to believe that the Vitamin D Council isn't biased?

Heck I can find a green tea study that shows drinking green tea lowers the risk of all forms of death!