Friday, 2 October 2009

High dose Vitamin D supplements significantly reduce falls in older people.

High dose Vitamin D supplements significantly reduce falls and fractures in the over-65s as Herald.ie reports. Extract from the report:

"People aged 65 and above should take high-dose vitamin D supplements to help stop them falling over, a team of European and US researchers said yesterday.

Senior citizens can cut their chance of falls by 19pc if they take between 17.5 microgrammes and 25 microgrammes of the vitamin as a daily supplement, the researchers from Zurich and Harvard claimed."

Well that's good news.

I've certainly felt stronger since I started taking vitamin D supplements some months ago.

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1 comment:

  1. mbarnes4 October 2009 at 05:16

    There is some interesting data suggesting that keeping your vitamin D level optimal will prevent colds, flu and in particular H1N1 (swine Flu). The Canadians are taking the data very seriously and starting studies to see if Vitamin D can prevent Flu
    Here are links to two interesting articles:

    August 2009-Vitamin D3 deficiency and its role in influenza
    http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs026/1102452079631/archive/1102685428884.html
    Sept 2009-More on Vitamin D3 and influenza
    http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs026/1102452079631/archive/1102728693089.html

    If these links don’t work you can go to www.vitaminD3world.com and click on ‘In the news” to find the articles.

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