Pages tagged with "Seniors"
- Many seniors do not get enough protein, Vitamin D, Mg, etc. needed for bones
- Muscle loss (sarcopenia) may be both prevented and treated by Omega-3
- Vitamin D and Ageing (29 page chapter, VDR decreases with age)
- Vitamin D very popular with Canadian seniors having complex medical problems
- Vitamin or Mineral Supplements Don’t Prevent Dementia (only one Vitamin D trial, it used 400 IU)
- Low Vitamin D is associated with dying sooner (70 studies) – meta-analysis
- COPD exacerbations 2X less often if low vitamin D then supplemented – meta-analysis
- Response to UV varies more with pigment genes and age than skin color
- Metabolically Healthy – only 1 in 50 seniors in the US
- Healthy aging associated with higher levels of both Vitamin D and Omega-3
- Far healthier and stronger at age 72 due to supplements
- Physical performance of black senior women not improved with 30 ng of Vitamin D – RCT
- Senior quality of life not helped by 800 IU of Vitamin D (not nearly enough) – RCT
- Frailty 2X less likely in depressed seniors having a good level of vitamin D
- Centenarians with high vitamin D were 2.9X more likely to be functionally independent
- Less DNA repair if nutrient deficient (Vitamin D, Magnesium, Omega-3, Vitamin K, etc) – Ames
- Vitamin D for adults and elderly – review
- Hospital-acquired pneumonia treated by vitamin D if person was deficient – RCT
- COPD with obstruction: Death 1.7 X more likely with low vitamin D
- Exercise plus vitamin D increases elderly muscles (Nordic walking in this case) – RCT