Nail Your Nutrition Podcast

22: Why is Vitamin D Important for Athletes? What You Need to Know About Performance!

December 01, 2020 Nail Your Nutrition
Nail Your Nutrition Podcast
22: Why is Vitamin D Important for Athletes? What You Need to Know About Performance!
Show Notes

Sarah and Marita answer a listener question about whether overdoing it on fueling can be detrimental to performance and how to know if you are overfueling (hint - it's rare). 
They also discuss: 

-          Why Vitamin D is important for athletes and why where you live may determine your Vitamin D status

-          The roles Vitamin D plays in the immune system 

-          Why Vitamin D deficiency can pose overall health problems

-          The relationship between sun exposure, Vitamin D and sunscreen

-          How much Vitamin D athletes may need

-          How treadmill runners, early morning runners, or athletes who wear many layers may want to get their Vitamin D levels tested

-          How to request a Vitamin D test

-          The discrepancies over Vitamin D recommendations and how they may differ for athletes

-          The supplement we recommend

-          How Vitamin D status may impact CO-VID19 severity and symptoms