Vitamin D supplements can help women build muscle after menopause
- 9 month study from Sao Paulo, Brazil,
- as late as 12+ years after menopause.
- Presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Menopause Society.
unfortunately there was no link and I could not find the abstract - handgrip strength increased 25%
See also Vitamin D Life
- Improved muscle function in postmenopausal women with just 1,000 IU of vitamin D daily – RCT May 2015
Very similar results as the study on this page - Vitamin D supplementation improves muscle strength in healthy adults – meta-analysis of 6 RCT Aug 2014
- Muscle Strength in Athletes improved 1.4 to 19 percent by vitamin D – systematic review June 2016
- Sarcopenia (muscle loss) and Vitamin D many studies
- Seniors gained 0.3 kg of muscle in 6 weeks with 800 IU and Leucine protein – Aug 2017
- Nordic Walking and 4,000 IU of vitamin D lowered cholesterol, fat, weight, and lipids (senior women) – RCT Feb 2018