Pages tagged with "Seniors"
- MRI of elderly skeletal muscle lacking vitamin D
- 13 reasons why many seniors need more vitamin D (both dose and level)
- Seniors who bike or garden have higher levels of vitamin D
- Vitamin D for Italians – Senior 2300 IU, if deficient loading dose of at least 300,000 IU– Med Society 2011
- Diabetes, hyperglycemia, depression, poor balance, etc associated with less than 20 ng of vitamin D in seniors
- New nursing home residents with low vitamin D needed feeding help and were diabetic
- More vitamin K2 needed by seniors
- Metabolic syndrome 2.4 X more likely if senior women had low vitamin D
- Vitamin D for older people (VDOP) trial, with 48,000 IU per month – RCT started Fall 2012
- Elderly lower limb muscle strength improved with Vitamin D supplementation - Meta-analysis
- Low Vitamin D breaks down muscle by interferring with protein - Editorial
- Frailty and low muscle mass both associated with low vitamin D
- Antibiotic use cut in half by elderly (over 70) after monthly 60,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
- Muscle increased 17 percent in vitamin D insufficient elderly getting 4,000 IU for 4 months – RCT
- Seniors in Brazil do not have enough vitamin D, even in the summer
- 4.7X less likely to feed self in nursing home if vitamin D deficient
- Seniors were 2X more likely to have functional limitation in 3 years if vitamin D deficient
- Human grown hormone (IGF1) in seniors greatly increased with 7,000 IU of vitamin D
- Superbug (Clostridium difficile) 4.7X more of a problem if low vitamin D
- Sarcopenia and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (vitamin D not mentioned)
