Vitamin D, a key milk nutrient, linked to better muscle power

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 13:21 in Health & Medicine

Young female athletes could have yet another reason to grab a glass of vitamin D-rich milk. Not only does vitamin D work with calcium to keep bones strong, researchers found that teenage girls with higher vitamin D levels may be able to jump higher and faster than their peers with lower levels, suggests a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

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