6. Dementia and vitamin D deficiency
A study in the journal Neurology showed that older adults with moderate and severe vitamin D deficiency had a doubled risk of developing some types of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. As one of the illnesses linked to vitamin D deficiency, dementia involves a decline in behavior, memory, and thinking that negatively affects day-to-day life.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, accounting for up to 80% of dementia cases. The study mentioned above analyzed over 1,600 people ages 65 or older who didn’t have dementia at the beginning of the study.
Compared with participants who had vitamin D levels within healthy ranges, those with low levels of it had a 53% increased risk of developing all-cause dementia, while those with a severe deficiency had a 125% increased risk, experts observed.
Moreover, study authors found people who had low levels of vitamin D were about 70% more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease specifically, and those with a severe deficiency were over 120% more likely to develop this neurodegenerative disorder.
6 Responses
I really hate when this happens. You say 10 health diseases with low Vitiam D, but never say what they are. If you going to start please finish.
Ask my doctor, no money in telling patients to take preventative measures for future illness.
What are the 10 illnesses?
What a stupid waste of time NOT ONE FREAKING DISEASE WAS TALKED ABOUT. I will never read anything sent yp me by you people Useless!!!!!!!
I want to read a article without having to jump through so many icons just to finish the one I’m interested in.
Same goes for this company selling a bottle of vitamins, slapping their name on the bottle & selling to nerve problem patients instead of just informing patients of the name & formula of these vitamins. Shame, shame.