Posted on 09/17/2015 10:46:18 PM PDT by CutePuppy
Most seniors may suffer from some degree of vitamin D deficiency, according to a study from researchers at University of California at Davis and Rutgers University. For the study the researchers surveyed 400 men and women with an average age of 76 in either good health or with mild cognitive impairment.
They found that nearly all of the participants showed low levels of vitamin D with 26 percent displaying a deficiency and 35 percent show what they classified as insufficiency.
"This work, and that of others, suggests that there is enough evidence to recommend that people in their 60s and older discuss taking a daily vitamin D supplement with their physicians," says Joshua Miller of Rutgers. "Even if doing so proves to not be effective, there's still very low health risk to doing it."
Charles DeCarli, director of the Alzheimer's Disease Center at UC Davis adds, "We expected to see declines in individuals with low vitamin D status. What was unexpected was how profoundly and rapidly [low vitamin D] impacts cognition."
Large doses of D3 pretty much end respiratory congestion and problems.
There is no question, and has been proven by many studies, that Vitamin D deficiency is a factor in many other diseases (including respiratory, diabetes, MS etc.) but this study was done by Alzheimer's Disease Center at UC Davis and the Rutgers University, so that was their focus.
I’ve come to a somewhat different conclusion, but there is obviously some truth in what you say.
I am convinced that if we continue to treat our bodies like they were thirty, getting a lot of exercise and eating well, we’ll remain a lot closer to it, than if we accept the inevitable and surrender to it.
Go out and run folks. Go out and run those patterns you did in football.
Do your exercises. Lift weights. Do pushups and situps. Exercise your mind.
Live life to the fullest. Think young. You can be at any age.
I know it won’t work everywhere. In further north locations, it simply won’t, and I recognize that. I’m not sure how far North though, and folks shouldn’t be discouraged from trying it until they do. At worst, they’ll simply have to lay out a bit longer. Of course that’s until you are quite far to the North.
Earlier this year I started an effort to document my time. I documented every single detail. I wanted to do some studies of how I spent my time.
At first it seemed like a waste of time, but there were interesting things that came from it. For instance, right now I can tell you precisely what day I started laying out in the Sun.
On February 25th this year, I started laying out in the sun. I started at 10:29 and stopped at 10:57. I had a very dark tan in three weeks. It was so dark I had family members convinced I was laying out for hours each day.
I lay out on each side, then front, then back. Here I spent an average of 7 minutes on a side. The results were startling and within a few short weeks.
When laying on my side, I move my legs to what would seem like a running position. One out front, and the other back a ways. This way I get an even tan on the inside and outside of my legs. I also position my arms so the lower one is not covered. In this manner, I get a tan on the inside of my arms as well.
When I lay on my back, I lay with my arms up, so that I get full exposure.
When the Sun is lower in the sky, I prop myself up so my chest gets direct exposure.
Truth is I never laid out for more than ten minutes on a side. That quickly reduced to 8, then 6, as the Sun went higher in the sky as the days passed.
Even this early in the year, it worked.
Good for you.
I’m glad to hear that works for you. I’m not convinced several hours is good for you, but it’s your life and you should be making the decisions.
Be careful. I’d like to have you around for a lot longer...
Okay, but just think of all the friends you’d make without the shirt. Just sayin’... LOL
I know what you mean. It may be easier for a guy, but get creative.
Some facts about my experience in Los Angeles Sun in a late Winter period.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3338231/posts?page=83#83
I agree, if it’s too far north.
Absolutely right on. Got to stay active by all means. The body was meant to be dynamic and functions best with activity.
I think diet becomes more important and sun exposure, fluid intake too, because the systems are less efficient with aging. Processing and absorption don’t operate at the same levels. The liver doesn’t filter out toxins as efficiently, etc. etc.
If you compensate for the lower efficiency and stay active, you’ve done all you can. Personally I’m pretty good in these areas.
Mental attitude is probably the thing I work on most. Sometimes reading articles on FR affects that if I let it. Grrrr..... Lots of crazy Shiite going down.
I agree with all that.
Especially the FR part. LOL
What is too low? Kind of low? Perfect? Too high? My number was 34.
D doesn’t cause kidney stones; lack of magnesium does. Kidney stones are undissolved calcium. Calcium can’t dissolve and absorb without mag
Excellent.
Living in the Great Northwest, I simply do not get enough sun.
So I supplement, about 6-8000 IU per day.
Haven’t been sick for years.
Good. I’m glad that works for you.
Yes, I think so. Reduction in some lipids, calcium, amyloid / protein deposits would account for losing some brain volume. Notice that the effect "mirrors findings from other Alzheimer's treatment studies" and that placebo group also lost brain volume, though less than the resveratrol-treated group.
If you read post #80, you are within the "norm," just slightly above insufficient, though like everything, the "norm" is individual.
You should be taking minimum 4,000 units of D3 per day. That’s what we take plus K2 and C.
Look into vitamin K2 along with D3 supplements.
Vitamin D deficiency is generally caused by magnesium deficiency.
Take Magnesium and Vitamin D Together to Avoid Side Effects
Vitamin D supplement may cause magnesium depletion, so magnesium (in one or more forms specified by spacejunkie2001 in post #39) needs to be supplemented as well. Many more people are deficient in magnesium today due to different agri-soil composition.
Also the "medical community" tended to stress and overprescribe the calcium supplements (especially for women) which may cause the kidney, gallbladder, salivary gland and other calcium oxalate stones, as well as more brittle bones — which is one of the reasons women have far more bone fractures.
Higher magnesium and potassium intake also balance sodium (as in salt), which is necessary for healthy organisms.
Just had my 5th surgery for skin cancer.
My generation worshipped the SoCal sun, using baby oil and cocoa butter.
Thank you CutPuppy. Good info...
BTW: all medications have side-effects.
People always need to remind themselves of that fact.
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