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Vitamin D2, Muscle Damage, NASCAR Pitcrew

NCT01825616 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 33

Last updated 2013-04-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Hypothesis: Six weeks of supplementation with vitamin D (4000 IU/day) using Dole's Vitamin D Portobello Mushroom Powder will increase winter serum vitamin D levels, and improve muscle function and strength, and innate immunity (granulocyte/monocyte phagocytosis and oxidative burst activity), and attenuate exercise-induced muscle damage and DOMS.

Conditions

  • Muscle Function
  • Muscle Soreness
  • Vitamin D Status

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin D2 mushroom powder

Subjects will be given Portobello mushroom powder with or without vitamin D mixed in soymilk powder in six plastic containers (one for each week of the study). Subjects will ingest one level teaspoon of the product each day (with or without 4,000 IU vitamin D2) and consume during breakfast in one of the following ways: mixed in water, juice, yogurt, or milk.

OTHER

Placebo

Mushroom powder without vitamin D2

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dole Food Company

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Appalachian State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David C Nieman, DrPH · Appalachian State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-01-31
Completion
2013-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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