STRONG BENEFITS OF VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION – (12-27-06)



Low serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in older persons and the risk of nursing home admission

Wow!!  3.5 times the risk for nursing home admission in Vit D deficient patients.  Skip the long term care insurance and buy some supplemental Vit D…  But seriously, if something as simple, cheap and safe as Vit D supplementation can drastically reduce the number of nursing home admissions, than articles like this one need to be pasted all over the news.

With all the research on Vit D and the large range of strong benefits, Vit D supplementation in the range of 2,000 IU/day needs to be moving in the direction of a national recommendation.

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James Bogash

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