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Whey Protein and Vitamin D: study protocols

6 study groups took Whey Protein together with Vitamin D. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

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Dose per serving from research: Whey Protein

6 study groups in 5 studies say how much Whey Protein participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 10 g to 25 g and 25 g to 50 g, 50% of 6 study groups each.

Daily doseStudy groups
10 g to 25 g
3
25 g to 50 g
3

Dose per serving from research: Vitamin D

5 study groups in 5 studies say how much Vitamin D participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 500 IU to 1,000 IU, 60% of 5 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
500 IU to 1,000 IU
3
1,000 IU to 2,500 IU
2

Commonly used together

6 of 6 study groups took Whey Protein and Vitamin D with something else. Shown: what 3 or more different studies gave.

What was given together, not what works together.

Taken withStudy groups
Leucine
5

6 study groups

Study
Improving rehabilitation in sarcopenia: a randomized-controlled trial utilizing a muscle-targeted food for special medical purposes
2020 · Experimental formula · Adults aged 65 years or older with sarcopenia admitted for inpatient rehabilitation
40 g1,600 IU8 weeks70
Supplementing Breakfast with a Vitamin D and Leucine-Enriched Whey Protein Medical Nutrition Drink Enhances Postprandial Muscle Protein Synthesis and Muscle Mass in Healthy Older Men
2017 · test group · Healthy older men; mean age 71 ± 4 years
21 g800 IU6 weeks—
A Five-Ingredient Nutritional Supplement and Home-Based Resistance Exercise Improve Lean Mass and Strength in Free-Living Elderly
2020 · Muscle5 (M5) · Sedentary or low-active, free-living men aged 65 years or older, with normal to class 1/low-risk obesity and varying degrees of age-related muscle loss
24 g1,000 IU12 weeks22
Thirteen weeks of supplementation of vitamin D and leucine-enriched whey protein nutritional supplement attenuates chronic low-grade inflammation in sarcopenic older adults: the PROVIDE study
2019 · active group · Adults aged 65 years or older with mild to moderate physical-function limitations and class I or II sarcopenia
40 g1,600 IU13 weeks184
Safety and tolerability of 6-month supplementation with a vitamin D, calcium and leucine-enriched whey protein medical nutrition drink in sarcopenic older adults
2020 · Test group during the RCT · Adults aged 65 years or older with sarcopenia
40 g—13 weeks184
Safety and tolerability of 6-month supplementation with a vitamin D, calcium and leucine-enriched whey protein medical nutrition drink in sarcopenic older adults
2020 · One-serving WP-MND group during the open-label extension · Adults aged 65 years or older with sarcopenia who continued from the RCT
20 g800 IU13 weeks133