Overview Seniors and Vitamin D

Just 22 cents for a 50K IU capsule once a week

• reduces falling and fractures,

• improves cognition,

• decreases chance of Alz and Parkinson’s,

• increases chance of surviving hospital,

• Improves balance,

• reduces muscle loss,

• reduces flu,

• reduces need for antibiotics,

From 13 reasons why many seniors need more vitamin D (both dose and level) - July 2023

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There are not just association of low vitamin D and falling/fractures, but scores of actual random controlled trials – from all around the world

• Overview Reduce Falling

• More vitamin D needed to prevent osteoporosis in seniors – May 2010

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• Muscle cells differentiate into fat cells if there is low vitamin D in petrie dish – April 2013

• 1000 IU minimum to decrease falls and fractures Swiss - 2009

• Meta-analysis of RCT – vitamin D might increase senior muscle function – Sept 2010

• Hip fractures in India - editorial with recommendation Sept 2010

• Vitamin D3 loading dose of 500,000 IU for elderly – Aug 2009

• 600,000 IU vitamin D normalized virtually all seniors in 3 months – May 2012

• Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D prevents FALLS – Feb 2010

• Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D helps prevent FRACTURES – Feb 2010

• Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D prevents falls in nursing homes – Feb 2010

• Only vitamin D helped prevent falls after stroke – July 2010

• [tiki-download_file.php?fileId=1618] Canada

• Fraser Health giving 20000 IU vitamin D weekly to reduce falls – Nov 2011

• Those who were 80 had better cognition and standing if higher level of vitamin D – Sept 2012

15+ studies: Seniors and Fraility

• Frailty and Vitamin D - many studies

studies in both Seniors & Intervention

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studies in both Seniors & Cognitive

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studies in both Seniors & Depression

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studies in both Seniors & Breathing

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Loading Dose = how much to start with to recharge = Stoss Therapy

• Loading dose of 5000 IU for elderly - Whiting 2010.pdf

• 600,000 IU vitamin D normalized virtually all seniors in 3 months – May 2012

• Formula for vitamin D loading dose – April 2010

• Vitamin D Dosing and loading- Pizzorno ND Feb 2010.pdf

• Variety of vitamin D loading dose recommendations in the UK

  Supplements

Should take bone supplement along with Vitamin D – but only 500 to 750 milligrams of Calcium– see supplements section and graph

Category Supplementing D    Calcium    Magnesium

Vitamin D Life – Cancer category contains:

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Some other files of interest

• All items in category Seniors and Vitamin D items

• 4700 IU of vitamin D needed by most seniors – an equation -July 2014

• Essential nutrient requirements of the elderly (vitamin D, etc.) – June 2014

• Half of the seniors needed more than 50,000 IU vitamin D3 monthly – April 2011

• Elderly often trapped in vitamin D vicious circles

• Drugs which create a vitamin D deficiency

• Table of outcomes for seniors vs vitamin D level

• Vitamin D might reduce having to go to pee in the middle of the night

• Elderly sunbathe less - 2009

• Elderly and vitamin D interactions

• Why is the world experiencing a vitamin D epidemic

• Ways to reduce muscle loss by elderly include increasing vitamin D - 2010.pdf

• How elderly can remember to take vitamin D weekly

• Overview Vitamin D3 better than D2 some multivitamins still use D2

• Very few people have an allergic reaction to Vitamin D start slowly so as to check for allergies

  Diabetes

• Overview Diabetes and D

• Diabetes category items

• Diabetes - video and books

• Diabetics are 2X more likely to die if severely vitamin D deficient

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• Chart of diabetes vs latitude

• Diabetes 2X less likely for those with median 34 ng of vitamin D – Sept 2010

• You Can Reverse PreDiabetes – Nov 2009

• To reduce diabetes probably need vitamin D - Review July 2010.pdf

• Review Diabetes and vitamin D - Sept 2010.pdf

• Single dose 100000 or 20000 IU and diabetes - June 2010.pdf

  Mortality and D

• Vit D deficiency best prediction of death in hospital

• [tiki-download_file.php?fileId=931]

• All Cause Mortality big improvement from 15 to 27 ng - Heaney chart 2010 (file)

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• Recommend 2500-4000 IU per day to reduce all-cause mortality by 18%– Grant Netherlands April 2010

• Swedish elderly with more than 40 ng had higher death rates – Aug 2010 - perhaps cod liver oil

• Women very low on vitamin D 56 percent more likely to die in nursing home – Feb 2012

Potential Elderly interactions with vitamin D

CLICK HERE for the Vitamin D Deficiencies page - which has a more complete chart for all people

Half of seniors did not respond to 1600 IU of vitamin D daily for a year - 2011

RED square = reduction in serum level

from slide presentation: https://www.Vitamin D Life.com/tiki-index.php?page_id=2269

World population 65+: 10% in 2024, 20% by 2070

Wahington Post Jan 2024

See also Web

• Search the Journal Age and Ageing for Vitamin D 603 items as of Oct 2023
  • Why do geriatric outpatients have so many moderate and severe vertebral fractures? Exploring prevalence and risk factors - 2012
  • Editor's Choice: Frailty in the older surgical patient: a review - 2012
  • Seasonal variation of serum vitamin D and the effect of vitamin D supplementation in Irish community-dwelling older people - 2011
  • Prevention and treatment of vitamin D deficiency in Dutch psychogeriatric nursing home residents by weekly half-body UVB exposure after showering: a pilot study - 2011
  • Here comes the sun: good news for bone health! - 2011
  • Diabetes, falls and fractures - 2010
  • Declining hip fracture rates in the United States - 2010

• 1700 IU daily average did not help seniors Phd dissertation 2012

• Everything You Need To Know About Senior Isolation 2022

• Social isolation increases the risk of premature death.

• The risk of heart disease increases by 29 percent among seniors that experience social isolation.

• Socially isolated seniors are 32 percent more likely to experience a stroke.

• The proportion of people above the age of 50 who indicated they often or sometimes feel isolated grew from 27 percent in 2018 to 56 percent at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

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