Summary of the Overview of Cognition and Vitamin D
- FACT: Cognitive decline is associated with low vitamin D levels.
- FACT: Dementia is associated with low vitamin D levels.
- FACT: Alzheimer's Disease is associated with low vitamin D levels.
- FACT: Every single risk factor listed for Alzheimer's Disease is also a risk factor for low vitamin D levels
- FACT: Elderly have very low levels of vitamin D (at least 4 reasons)
- FACT: Elderly cognition gets worse as the elderly vitamin D levels get even lower (while in senior homes)
- OBSERVATION: Elderly who get more vitamin D increase their vitamin D levels
- OBSERVATION: Reports of increased vitamin D levels result in improved cognition
- OBSERVATION: Several studies have shown a strong association of Alzheimer's Disease with a gene mutation which reduces vitamin D effectiveness
- OBSERVATION: Alzheimer's Disease has been seen to halt when vitamin D was added. - clinical trial needed.
- OBSERVATION: Several vitamin D intervention clinical trials are underway to prove the above (double blind)
- FACT: Vitamin D is very low cost and had very very few side effects
- CONCLUSION: Everyone concerned about cognitive decline or Alzheimer's Disease should start taking vitamin D
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Some of the references at VitaminDWiki
- Overview Evidence for vitamin D
- Vitamin D also PREVENTS many diseases and TREATS some
- All items in Vitamin D Blog
- Home Page
- Low cost and many forms of vitamin D
- Vitamin D 101
- Dementia 19X more likely if less than 10 ng of vitamin D – Jan 2012
- "Senior moment" 25X more likely with low vitamin D – Feb 2012
- Alzheimer's patients are genetically 70 percent more likely to be vitamin D in-efficient – Feb 2012
- Risk of cognitive decline 50 percent higher if <15 ng vitamin D – Aug 2011
- Vitamin D might might reduce dementia – Mar 2011
- Cognitive impairment 4X more likely when vitamin D less than 10 ng – Nov 2010
- Overview of Seniors and Vitamin D
- Do Vitamin D Deficiency and Cognitive Decline Go Hand-in-Hand? – Jan 2010
- Vitamin D less than 10ng associated with cognitive decline – July 2010
- Low Vitamin D Levels Associated With Increased Risk for Cognitive Impairment - July 2010
- Vitamin D and Risk of Cognitive Decline in Elderly Persons – June 2011
- Mood disorders 11X worse for older adults with low vitamin D – 2006
- Poorer teen cognition due to lower vitamin D or race – Dec 2010
- All items in category Seniors lack vitamin D 171 items as of Feb 2012
- Overview Rare Allergic reaction to vitamin D
test yourself with low dose first, to be sure you are not the 1 in 300 who get an allergic reaction to vitamin D