The Elderly Brain needs Sun-Jefferson Park 60630 Chiropractor
Published by Chicago Chiropractor Seaman Chiropractic on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 6:13 PM.
With warmer weather approaching we need to start benefiting from that great source of all life's energy - the sun. Researchers have for the first time identified a relationship between vitamin D deficiency and cognitive impairment in a large-scale study of older people. The study looked at almost 2,000 adults aged 65 and over. As levels of vitamin D went down, levels of cognitive impairment went up. Those with the lowest levels of vitamin D were more than twice as likely to be cognitively impaired. One problem faced by older people is that the capacity of their skin to absorb vitamin D from sunlight decreases as they age. (6)
At Seaman Chiropractic we ofen supplement patients, especially in winter, with liquid D3.
6. Llewellyn DJ, Langa K, Lang I. Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D concentration and cognitive impairment. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2009 Feb 4 (Epub ahead of print).
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