Nutrients associated with diseases related to aging: a new healthy aging diet index for elderly population.
Nutr Hosp. 2018 Dec 3;35(6):1287-1297. doi: 10.20960/nh.1946.
Lozano Relaño M1, Manyes L, Peiró J, Ramada JM.
13 reasons why many seniors need more vitamin D (both dose and level) - July 2023 has the following
- Senior skin produces 4X less Vitamin D for the same sun intensity
- Seniors have fewer vitamin D receptor genes as they age
Receptors are needed to get Vitamin D in blood actually into the cells - Many other Vitamin D genes decrease with age
- Since many gene activations are not detected by a blood test,
more Vitamin D is often needed, especially by seniors - Seniors are indoors more than when they were younger
not as agile, weaker muscles; frail, no longer enjoy hot temperatures - Seniors wear more clothing outdoors than when younger
Seniors also are told to fear skin cancer & wrinkles - Seniors often take various drugs which end up reducing vitamin D
Some reductions are not detected by a vitamin D test of the blood
statins, chemotherapy, anti-depressants, blood pressure, beta-blockers, etc - Seniors often have one or more diseases that consume vitamin D
osteoporosis, diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis, Cancer, ... - Seniors generally put on weight as they age - and a heavier body requires more vitamin D
- Seniors often (40%) have fatty livers – which do not process vitamin D as well
- Reduced stomach acid means less Magnesium is available to get vitamin D into the cells
- Vitamin D is not as bioavailable in senior intestines
- Seniors with poorly functioning kidneys do not process vitamin D as well
- Glutathione (which increases Vitamin D getting to cells) decreases with age
Seniors category has430 items
Items in both categories Seniors and Omega-3 are listed here:
- 2.5 X reduced risk of cancer in 70 year-olds by a small amount of Vitamin D, Omega-3 and exercise – RCT April 2022
- Omega-3 improves elderly muscles – 2 meta-analyses
- Less muscle loss associated with eating more fish (Omega-3, Vitamin D, Magnesium, etc) – Jan 2020
- Muscle loss (sarcopenia) may be both prevented and treated by Omega-3 – Feb 2019
- Healthy aging associated with higher levels of both Vitamin D and Omega-3 – Dec 2018
- Less DNA repair if nutrient deficient (Vitamin D, Magnesium, Omega-3, Vitamin K, etc) – Ames Oct 2018
- Senior muscles increased somewhat with Omega-3 – RCT July 2015
- Omega-3 etc improved both cognition and mobility of older women – Aug 2015
- Vitamin D Omega 3 and Exercise are being used in controlled trial to support healthy ageing – Feb 2012
INTRODUCTION:
several indexes are used to measure the quality of nutrition in advanced ages. None of them were designed to evaluate nutrition to avoid disabilities in elderly population.OBJECTIVES:
to retrieve from literature "nutrients and intakes" showing to be involved in aging, and propose a new index, considering this information, to evaluate the quality of nutrition for preventing diseases related to aging.METHODS:
a bibliographic review was performed, retrieving information on nutrients associated with aging. All these nutrients were incorporated into a new Healthy Aging Diet Index (HADI). Next, a cross-sectional study was carried out with two convenience samples of elderly, collecting the nutritional and dietary data, calculating different validated indexes and comparing them with HADI to validate the results.RESULTS:
forty-eight manuscripts were retrieved for full-text analysis. Associations were found betweencardiovascular diseases
- macronutrients,
- dietary fibre,
- sodium and
- vitamin D
cancer
- fatty acids
Diabetes
- fatty acids
- fibre and
- simple sugars;
osteopenia/osteoporosis
- calcium
- vitamin D
Sarcopenia
- proteins,
- calcium
- vitamin D
cognitive impairment
- fatty acids
- folates.
Sample 2, associated with rural areas, obtained lower indexes' scores. The behavior of HADI is similar to the other indexes (6.24/14 and 6.10/14 in samples 1 and 2, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS:
the presented collection of nutrients adds useful evidence for the design of diets that allow healthy aging. The new index proposed is a tool of specific nutritional measurement in studies aimed to prevent diseases related to aging.Healthy aging associated with higher levels of both Vitamin D and Omega-3 – Dec 2018Printer Friendly Follow this page for updates3400 visitors, last modified 12 Dec, 2018, This page is in the following categories (# of items in each category)