OK, so this isn't even peer revied yet but it caught our interest and that's what these posts are supposed to be. Little bits of interesting stuff. An amuse-bouche for your wellness knowledge, if you will.

So this paper just came out. Caveats: Not reviewed yet and basically mouse tested. And you're no mouse, we assume. If you are, mail us, we'll start a pod just to interview you.

So the main thrust is that increasing Vitamin D intake causes the body to allocate more excess energy to muscle building and maintenance rather than to creating fat. They think the main causes are changes in leptin and myostatin.

Leptin is a hormone made by fat tissue and increased leptin levels signal to the body to reduce appetite. An insensitivity to it is generally found in obese people. 

Myostatin is a hormone created by muscle that plays a similar role in muscle building. Increased levels, in effect, put a brake on muscle creation.

So, the theory is that high levels of vitamin D seems to:
Increase leptin leading to better energy sensing. 

Decrease myostatin leading to increased muscle  building / maintenance.

So, it might be a stretch but... possibly working out in the sun (increases your vit D creation) could increase your energy allocation going to muscle building. Or, in the winter, or indeed for those of us north of the border, where the sun is more like a fugitive on the run, then increasing your vitamin D intake with a supplement may achieve the same. 

We have a good dose of Vit D in our CORE block that all of our users get as part of their foundation blocks.

As we said, we're just putting it out there as we found it interesting and you may want to keep an eye on how it progresses. We're not making any recommendations for anything other than interest.

Full article is available here.

Though we are recommending these researchers up their illustration game. Check this out: