75% of Runners are Vitamin D Deficient. Are You Getting Enough and How Can it Affect Your Training? - Runners Connect

Research shows that 75% of runners are Vitamin D deficient. With the daylight dwindling, you're getting even less Vitamin D in the winter. Here's how low levels of Vitamin D can affect your training and overall health and recommendations to make sure you're getting enough.

75% of Runners are Vitamin D Deficient. Are You Getting Enough and How Can it Affect Your Training?

Vitamin D is an important component of a runner’s diet and recent research on the vitamin has concluded that it may be more significant for overall health than initially realized. According to a March 2009 study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, more than three-quarters of adults are Vitamin D deficient. Furthermore, a 2008 study … Continue reading 75% of Runners are Vitamin D Deficient. Are You Getting Enough and How Can it Affect Your Training?