Pages tagged with "Seniors"
- Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults (does not mention low vitamin D relationship) NEJM
- Pneumonia patients 3 X more likely to die if low vitamin D – meta-analysis
- Elderly should not have more than 40 ng of vitamin D (if infrequent dosing or fail to adjust cofactors)
- Seniors gained 0.3 kg of muscle in 6 weeks with 800 IU and Leucine protein
- Less vitamin D gets to cells as you age - fewer Vitamin D Receptors - 2004
- Resistance exercise combined with Vitamin D is great for seniors – meta-analysis
- Stop Treating 70- and 90-Year-Olds the Same
- Shin pain in elderly men 36 X more likely if low vitamin D
- Frailty can be avoided – vitamin D is one of the ways
- Aging leads to a decrease of vitamin D getting to cells
- Prostate and Urinary systems much better with higher vitamin D – many studies
- Fast twitch muscles increased by Vitamin D in athletes and seniors (reduce falling)
- COPD ICU stay is 2.4 days longer if low vitamin D
- Sepsis is 13 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor
- Sarcopenia: Nutrition and physical activity – systematic review
- Total hip replacement: 14 times more likely to redo if low vitamin D
- More fast twitch muscles (IIA) are associated with higher levels of Vitamin D
- Much more likely to live longer if higher vitamin D – 27,000 seniors
- Added 1 lb of muscle to sarcopenia adults in 13 weeks with just 800 IU vitamin D and protein – RCT
- The Role of Vitamin D in Menopausal Medicine