Vitamin D and Reduced Protein Carbonyl Level

• Effects of vitamin D3 supplementation on cardiac, muscle, and immune responses after a marathon race: a single-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

  • 2026-04-12
  • RCT
  • Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 23(1)
  • • Pei-Wei Weng
    • Josephine Diony Nanda
    • Yu-Hsiu Chien
    • Chiou-Feng Lin
    • Shih-Chung Cheng
    • Ming-Ta Yang

  • PubMed: 41966073
  • DOI: 10.1080/15502783.2026.2657316

  8 Insights on

  • Reduced Protein Carbonyl Level

  • High evidence
  • Athletes

  Compared with the placebo group, the vitamin D₃ group demonstrated attenuation of protein carbonyls (PC), the only oxidative stress marker showing a significant Group × Time interaction.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes