The Chicago Blackhawks ice hockey team are the first “Vitamin D” team in modern professional sports history!
On Sunday night, with six minutes to go, the Blackhawks overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 and advance to their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance in 18 years. Not only that, it was a clean sweep for the unheralded Blackhawks, for so long a forgotten team amongst the super teams like San Jose, Montreal and Philadelphia.
Guess what their SECRET WEAPON is? Good old Vitamin D-3.
image from Chicago Tribune
(Story courtesy of John Cannell, MD and Executive Director of the Vitamin D Council)
According to my sources, the Chicago Blackhawks team physicians began diagnosing and treating vitamin D deficiency in all Blackhawk players about 18 months ago. Apparently most players are on 5,000 IU per day, some even more.