African Americans are more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer’s. Why? Washington Post June 2017
- “Despite representing more than 20 percent of the 5.5 million Americans who have the disease, African Americans account for only 3 to 5 percent of trial participants, according to researchers”
- The word VITAMIN does not occur once in the article
Alzheimer’s Disease In African Americans: Risk Factors And Challenges For The Future July 2014
- About 2X more; Free PDF
Vitamin D Life
Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D contains the following summary
FACT - - People with dark skins have more health problems and higher mortality rate than those with light skins
FACT - - People with dark skins have low levels of vitamin D
FACT - - People with light skins who have low vitamin D have health problems
OBSERVATION - - The health problems of whites with low level of vitamin D are similar to those with dark skins
CONCLUSION - - People with dark skins have more health problems due to low levels of vitamin D
Blacks die more often than whites of many diseases (they have less vitamin D) – 2012 contains the following summary
Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans Cancer.org
- “African Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial and ethnic group in the US for most cancers”
- Has a huge number of tables and charts, Note: Vitamin D is not mentioned
Leading Causes of Death as of March 2018
All Ages Death rate | Black | White | Ratio |
Heart diseases | 217 | 171 | 1.27 |
Cancer | 199 | 170 | 1.17 |
Cerebrovascular diseases | 51 | 36 | 1.4 |
Diabetes | 40 | 19 | 2.0 |
Rates per 100,000 Age adjusted Non-Hispanic
Items in both categories Cognition and Skin-Dark are listed here:
- African Americans are more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer’s (Vitamin D)
- IQ levels around the world are falling (perhaps lower Vitamin D, Iodine, or Omega-3)
- Senior Blacks with low vitamin D were 2X more likely to experience cognitive decline 5 years later – March 2018
- Blacks with strokes having low Vitamin D were 3 times more likely to have cognitive impairment – Nov 2016
- Vitamin D Helps Atlanta High School Athletes - Feb 2012