UFSCar professor Tiago Alexandre da Silva explained how the vitamin D deficiency can increase the risk of developing muscle weakness by about 80%. For this survey, a survey was conducted by UFSCar and below we will delve into the subject.
Research draws attention to vitamin D deficiency
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Professor Tiago Alexandre da Silva, from the Department of Gerontology at UFSCar, was the one who guided the research and explained the results. According to Tiago Alexandre, vitamin D is “so complex that it is considered a hormone”.
He continued: "It is synthesized in the deepest layers of the skin through the incidence of sunlight, passes through the liver and kidney, and has actions throughout our body."
How important is vitamin D for muscles?
According to Tiago, vitamin D plays an extremely important role in our muscles. He says that vitamin D acts inside our muscles like a certain “key and lock”. He says, “When you ‘turn the key,’ it triggers a series of actions.”
Vitamin D can bind in the nucleus, acting in the synthesis of certain proteins to maintain the amount of muscle. But when it binds to the cytoplasm, it will help with contraction kinetics, which is what generates force.
He quotes Tiago Alexandre: “When it is deficient, what happens is that I have less vitamin to bind and trigger muscle synthesis, and then weakness begins”.
The important thing to reverse this situation of low vitamin D is to take care of your diet, in addition to exposing your skin to the sun.
Exposure to the sun should happen according to the guidelines given in the research, which is 15 to 20 minutes in the morning sun. Avoiding the strongest afternoon sun rays.
Tiago Alexandre also made a clear warning that not everyone needs vitamin D supplementation. In addition, he asks to remember that it is very important to seek a doctor for blood tests to obtain the correct guidelines.