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Doctor Eric Burg.

We're going to talk about vitamin D's influence over your muscles.

When we think of vitamin D deficiency, we might think of bone strength, calcium absorption, anti-inflammatory.

So if you have osteoporosis, for example, taking vitamin D can decrease the risk of getting a fracture.

Also, vitamin D helps decrease the risk of falling, probably more to do with the strength of the muscle.

But the first symptom that happens when you're vitamin D deficient, lower back aches, low back pain.

You might get bone pain, and also difficulty getting out from a seated position.

So there's a huge influence of vitamin D controlling neuro-muscular function.

But every single muscle cell, it's called a myoside, has a little receptor for vitamin D, vitamin D receptor.

So let's start at the top.

Vitamin D helps muscle strength, whether you're climbing stairs or getting up from a seated position,

or you find that you're working out and you just feel weaker, could be your vitamin D.

Number two, vitamin D helps stabilize your posture.

So if you find that you're slouching too much, you may want to look at vitamin D.

All right, number three.

The proximal muscles connected to your hip, like the quadricep, that's the thigh muscle on the front part of your leg.

The glutes, that's your butt muscle.

And the iliocell as is a muscle that connects the lower part of your legs to your upper part of your body.

So these three large muscle groups are highly influenced with vitamin D.

So if you're weak in your core, it could be a vitamin D deficiency.

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