Overview of Vitamin D Wiki for Fraser Health
Fraser Health adding 20,000 IU vitamin D weekly to reduce fractures Press Release
HMOs will save millions of dollars with vitamin D related work by Vitamin D Life
HMO forum Started Nov 2011
which includes notes of phone conversation with Fraser Health Nov 24, 2011
Many studies support adding vitamin D to reduce falls and fractures
Overview Falling, Fractures and Vitamin D extensive proof
Task force for senior fall prevention finally recommends 800 IU of vitamin D – May 2012
Kaiser working to decrease hip and other fractures – Nov 2011
Risk of falls minimized with just 24 ng of vitamin D – June 2011
2X more falls for senior men with less than 20ng of vitamin D – April 2011
Review of non-bone effects of vitamin D on fall prevention – Oct 2010
75 % of hip fractures associated with vitamin D deficiency - Jan 2011
Wrist fracture is also associated with vitamin D inadequacy – Feb 2011
Vitamin D 2nd most recommended way to prevent the next hip fracture – Nov 2010
Fewer falls and fractures as vitamin D is increased – 1800 to 4000 IU July 2010
Vitamin D One of Few Things that Help Prevent Falls – Cochraine Jan 2010
See also Vitamin D Life - Evidence that many Canadians are low on vitamin D
75 % of Canadians less than 30 ng vitamin D in winter – Aug 2010
Autism is a big problem for people with dark skin living a long way from equator - example Somali in Alberta Canada
Economic burden of premature deaths due to vitamin D deficiency in Canada
Dark Skinned youths and vitamin D in Southern Canada - Dissertation 2011
Vitamin D could save More than 10,000 Canadian lives annually LEF
50 % of Quebec kids had less than 20 ng of vitamin D – Milk and movement did not help – Mar 2011
Economic burden of premature deaths due to vitamin D de?ciency in Canada PDF
BC elderly median 400 IU only only 3 % exceed 2000 IU vitamin D – June 2010
Some Canadian elderly achieved 30 ng with just 560 IU – Jan 2010
Additional benefits of raising senior vitamin D levels: Movement
Senior women more physically able if vitamin D higher than 30 ng – Sept 2011
Seniors with more than 30ng of vitamin D walked better – May 2011
Seniors with more than 20 ng of vitamin D were 14 percent stronger – May 2011
Seniors who increased vitamin D got more physical exercise – Feb 2011
Lack of vitamin D may result in elderly physical decline – Dec 2010
Vitamin D improves muscle strength if deficient – meta-analysis - Oct 2010
Additional benefits of raising senior vitamin D levels: Mental
Less than 20 ng vitamin D increases depression by 80 percent – Dec 2010
Many articles on Senior depression - 35 percent with less than 10 ng – Sept 2010
Risk of cognitive decline 50 percent higher if <15 ng vitamin D – Aug 2011
Vitamin D and dementia - 2010 a file, not a web page
Cognition and vitamin D - Review 2009.PDF a file, not a web page
Elderly with more than 257 IU vitamin D daily had less cognitive impairment – Nov 2010
Do Vitamin D Deficiency and Cognitive Decline Go Hand-in-Hand? – Jan 2010
Cognitive impairment 4X more likely when vitamin D less than 10 ng – Nov 2010
Vitamin D less than 10ng associated with cognitive decline – July 2010
Vitamin D and Risk of Cognitive Decline in Elderly Persons – June 2011
Elderly men lacking vitamin D tend to be depressed – Sept 2010
Additional benefits of raising senior vitamin D levels
Epidemic Vitamin D Deficiency in Elderly Care Rehabilitation Facility – Jan 2012
Half of seniors with pain had low levels of vitamin D – April 2012
Women very low on vitamin D were 56 percent more likely to die in nursing home – Feb 2012
Hearing Loss appears to be prevented and treated with vitamin D
Pneumonia elderly death 12X more likely when vitamin D less than 12 ng – 2011
20000 IU vitamin D daily and MS – less fatigue and relapse Dec 2010
70 year-olds got T2 Diabetes 2X more often when less than 20 ng of vitamin D – April 2011
Low vitamin D associated with all-cause mortality and frailty – Mar 2011
Elderly low on vitamin D were 2X more likely to die – Oct 2010
Vitamin D deficiency was the best predictor of older patient death in hospital – May 2010
Twice as likely to die of cardiovascular disease if low on vitamin D – July 2010
“Sunlight Officers” in some Australian senior facilities – Sept 2011
Vitamin D Omega 3 and Exercise are being used in controlled trial to support healthy ageing – Feb 2012 adding 2,000 IU
Seniors lack vitamin D
Vitamin D may help prevent macular degeneration in women younger than 75 – April 2011
Half of the seniors needed more than 50,000 IU vitamin D3 monthly – April 2011
Seniors who increased vitamin D got more physical exercise – Feb 2011
All items in category Senior 152 items July 2012
4000 IU Vitamin D intervention helped elderly bones – March 2010
20 year review concludes that Vitamin D reduce aging – July 2010
Dietary Guidelines vitamin D - virtually no senior gets enough - June 2010 great graph
Might consider the benefits of a Vitamin D loading dose
300,000 IU vitamin D helped seniors in many ways – May 2011
All items in category MegaDose Vitamin D items
Vitamin D3 loading dose of 500,000 IU for elderly – Aug 2009
France attempts to restock vitamin D levels with 7000 or 14000 IU daily – Nov 2011
Of possible interest at Vitamin D Life
Proof that Vitamin D Works - many Random Controlled Trials, etc.
Only half of those getting 7000 IU vitamin D daily got to 30 ng level – June 2012
3X variation in response to dose of vitamin D – meta-analysis June 2012
Many reasons why vitamin D deficiency has become epidemic in past 30-40 years
Hospital stay 6 days longer for nursing home residents with low vitamin D -Oct 2011
Critical Care patients with low vitamin D were 85 percent more likely to die- Sept 2011
How you might double the benefit of your vitamin D
Vitamin D Life summarized in 1 poster
Encourage your senior parents to take more vitamin D, you will get more inheritance which has the following graphic
Possible problems with having more vitamin D
- Some residents might not be able to afford to live so long
- Vitamin D will extend the lives of the residents
- Some of the residents, who are directly paying for the care, may not funds to live longer
- Chemotherapy might be amplified by vitamin D
Elderly often trapped in vitamin D vicious circles has the following graph
Forms of vitamin D
Low Cost vitamin D - including liquid, bulk, spray, Kosher, . .
Vitamin D3 for Vegans - wonder about Vegans in Fraser
Cofactors
Magnesium and Vitamin D - similar and different Venn diagram of what diseases they both prevent
Magnesium Deficiency Reduces Vitamin D Effectiveness- Sept 2011
Hypovitaminosis D and K are highly prevalent in institutionalized elderly – March 2010
Low cost cofactors for vitamin D had the following July 2012
| Co-factor | How Much | Benefit Bone | Bioavailability | Balance body | Notes |
| Calcium | <750mg | Yes | probably | Yes | Avoid getting too much |
| Magnesium | 500mg | Yes | Yes | Yes | Very important, big range in bio-availability |
| Vitamin K2 | Yes | maybe | ? | ||
| Vitamin A | maybe | ? | need some, but too much is bad | ||
| Boron | 5-10mg | Yes | 25% | ? | |
| Silica | Yes | no | ? | ||
| Strontium | Yes | no | ? | rarely available in a co-factor pill | |
| Zinc | Yes | maybe | ? |
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Following chart shows the Fraser Health dose level in context
