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SUBMITTER: de la Puente Yague M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7071499 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de la Puente Yagüe Mirian M Collado Yurrita Luis L Ciudad Cabañas Maria J MJ Cuadrado Cenzual Marioa A MA
Nutrients 20200223 2
We are currently experiencing a vitamin D (VITD) deficiency pandemic across the world. Athletes have the same predisposition to low levels of vitamin D, the majority of its concentrations being below 20 ng/mL in a wide range of sports, especially in the winter months. Vitamin D is important in bone health, but recent research also points out its essential role in extraskeletal functions, including skeletal muscle growth, immune and cardiopulmonary functions and inflammatory modulation, which inf ...[more]