People....this is really IMPORTANT...I had vitamin D defciency and I was in pain, my cognitive skills diminished, my driving went down hilll. I was really compromised. Please talk to your doctor about running a vit. D test. Most of us are deficient! Stay healthy, Irene
Irene A. Masiello, author Paradise Costs-A Victim's Daughter Fights Back against Elder Abuse
Vitamin D lack restricts senior mobility
from Health News
Published: May 30, 2012 at 12:59 AM
Lead author Denise Houston of the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and colleagues analyzed vitamin D and the onset of mobility limitation and disability over a six-year period.
They used data from the National Institute on Aging Health, Aging and Body Composition study. Mobility limitation and disability were defined as any difficulty or inability to walk several blocks or climb a flight of stairs.
The study involved 3,075 men and women ages 70-79. Vitamin D levels were measured in the blood at the beginning of the study.
"We observed about a 30 percent increased risk of mobility
limitations for those older adults who had low levels of vitamin D,
and almost a two-fold higher risk of mobility disability,"
Houston said in a statement. Vitamin D plays an important
role in muscle function, so it is plausible that low levels of
the vitamin could result in the onset of decreased lower
muscle strength and physical performance, Houston said.
People get vitamin D when it is naturally produced in the
skin by sun exposure, by eating foods with vitamin D --
such as fortified milk, juice and cereals -- and by taking
vitamin D supplements, Houston said.
The findings were published in the Journal of Gerontology:
Medical Sciences.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/05/30/Vitamin-D-lack-restricts-senior-mobility/UPI-82511338353963/#ixzz1wM3SRmUB
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