Clipped from various places on the web Dec 20, 2012
- Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United soccer club, has revealed that United had a Vitamin D machine installed for compensate for Manchester's lack of natural sunlight.
- Used 3X per week by each of the soccer players
- Now Manchester United can combat lack of sun
- Manchester has a reputation as being one of the wettest places in the UK, so it's little wonder Sir Alex Ferguson had a tanning booth installed so the players could top up their Vitamin D levels.
- The city has an average annual rainfall of 806.6 millimetres (31.76 inches) and 140 days of rain each year, though both are actually below the national average.
Manchester does not get much sunshine
Vitamin D lamps were used by the UK submariners during WWII
See also VitaminDWiki
- Overview Sports and vitamin D which had the following summary Dec 2012
- Faster reaction time
- Far fewer colds/flues during the winter
- Less sore/tired after a workout
- Fewer micro-cracks and broken bones
- Bones which do break heal much more quickly
- Increased VO2 and exercise endurance Feb 2011
- Indoor athletes especially need vitamin D
- Professional indoor athletes are starting to supplement with vitamin D or use vitamin D beds
- Olympic athletes have used UV/vitamin D since the 1930's
- The biggest gain from the use of vitamin D is by those who exercise less than 2 hours per day.
- Vitamin D and Athletic Performance - Dec 2011.pdf 6 page file + references
- 5,000 IU vitamin D helped UK professional athletes in the winter – Oct 2012
- Athletes need at least 40 ng of vitamin D – literature review Oct 2012
- Vitamin D from phototherapy lamps, tanning beds, and the sun – Jan 2012
- Moscow prison to install tanning beds - Nov 2010
- Prisoners have very low vitamin D and get TB, influenza, and depression
- Interview concerning UVA, UVB, and health – Grant Dec 2012
- UVB added in classroom reduced cavities, increased height, increased academics. etc
- Vitamin D from low-cost UVB lamps which has the following photo