Here comes the sun : an update on Vitamin D and the health and performance of athletes / presented by D. Enette Larson-Meyer, Bruce W. Hollis, Bruce Hamilton and Tyler Banks.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Banks, Tyler., Speaker.

Hamilton, Bruce (M.D.), Speaker.

Hollis, Bruce W., Speaker.

Larson-Meyer, D. Enette, 1963- Speaker.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Athletes--Health and hygiene.

Athletes.

Athletics.

Vitamin D.

Genre:

Lectures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 min.).

Place of Publication:

Monterey, CA : Healthy Learning, 2011.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

Here Comes the Sun: An Update on Vitamin D and the Health and Performance of Athletes looks at the key factors involved in exploring the impact of vitamin D on the health and performance of athletes. The DVD provides an overview of vitamin D synthesis, metabolism, and function, as well as their importance to the athlete. The DVD also discusses research in the area, including vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency and health implications in college athletes, vitamin D and skeletal muscle function in elite athletes, and vitamin D supplementation and muscle strength and inflammation.

Contents:

Overview of Vitamin D synthesis, function, metabolism, and importance to the athlete

Vitamin D deficiency & insufficiency and health implications in college athletes and distance runners

Vitamin D and muscle : is there a performance effect?

The influence of Vitamin D supplementation on muscular strength and inflammatory cytokines

Questions and answers.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 18, 2013).

OCLC:

864830724