Pages tagged with "Seniors"
- Off topic – Caregiving of seniors at home – helpful hints
- Frailty 9X more likely if low vitamin D
- Vitamin D, Calcium and protein very important to bone health
- Common cause of dizziness (BPPV) reduced 5 X by several doses of 50,000 IU of vitamin D – 2015, 2016
- A vitamin D study which found virtually no benefits for seniors – probably due to candidate rejection
- Omega-3 etc improved both cognition and mobility of older women
- Risks and benefits of UV radiation in older people: More of a friend than a foe
- Seniors with more vitamin D are less light-headed (Orthostatic Hypotension) - many studies
- Many diseases of aging are associated with low vitamin D
- Improved muscle function in postmenopausal women with just 1,000 IU of vitamin D daily – RCT
- Many more people now have vitamin D levels above 50 ng, especially seniors
- Is 4000 IU the best Vitamin D dose for seniors – RCT underway
- Hypothesis: Sarcopenia and other senior problems are related to low gastric acid
- Elderly lost extra half pound of leg and arm muscle mass if low vitamin D (6 years)
- Supplements to Take in Your 50s, 60s and 70s (vitamin D is the only 1 in all 3) - AARP
- Meningitis and other brain infections should be prevented by Vitamin D
- Preemies 2.5 X more likely to get hip replacement etc. (low vitamin D)
- Metabolic Syndrome 40 percent less likely in seniors with vitamin D
- Calcitriol, not inactive vitamin D, associated with pain in seniors
- Senior Korean women have much less vitamin D than men (possible reasons)