Why take dietary supplements containing calcium and vitamin D? Besides contributing to proper nerve function and a healthy immune system, these nutrients are an integral part of good bone health.
Do you know which foods naturally contain the most vitamin D? Bread or milk may be the first thing that comes to mind, but these foods are typically enriched with the nutrient, rather than naturally containing it. In fact, few foods are organic sources of vitamin D.
Do you love plums? Are they a part of your daily diet? When they’re not in season, so you eat the dried variety – known as prunes – or take nutritional supplements containing plum extract?
A study appearing in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism announced that females between the ages of 14 and 18 may have slightly lower bone mass densities than their peers if they take birth control pills.
Having adequate levels of vitamin D is important at any age, whether you are young, middle-aged or well into the golden years of retirement. Several studies have suggested that only increasing one’s calcium intake late in life does not offer the same level of protection for bone health you get when vitamin D is added, as well.
Numerous studies have suggested that drinking an occasional glass of red wine – or taking dietary supplements that contain grape-based phenols – may confer a plenitude of health benefits. Now, those benefits may extend to low Earth orbit.
Consuming enough vitamin D each day, either through diet or vitamin supplements, is one of the simplest and most important ways to maintain bone, nerve and organ health. After surveying the public health trends in the United States and abroad, the Endocrine Society recently released its recommendations for monitoring and maintaining healthy vitamin D levels among people of all ages.
While many individuals take vitamin supplements as part of a holistic health and wellness regimen, researchers at New Zealand’s Waikato Hospital recently reported that having high blood serum levels of vitamin D has been linked to a lower risk of long term health impacts in people with less than optimal lung health. And supporting that finding is a study appearing in the journal Respirology. The study is based on data collected from 112 people with respiratory health concerns.
To support one’s bone health, experts suggest taking a dietary supplement containing enough calcium and vitamin D to meet one’s individual needs. Particularly for aging adults, such a regimen could help ensure maintenance of strong, healthy bones long-term and should not be overlooked.
The danger of osteoporosis is something that many individuals forget to consider when consuming a daily diet that has little or no calcium or vitamin D in it. Over time, low intake of these nutrients can put individuals at risk for progressive bone loss, and a team of researchers has made a simple suggestion for preventing this condition.
Calcium plays an essential role in blood clotting and bone health. Now, researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, have announced that an easily absorbed and retained form of calcium is available from a rather unexpected place—crustacean shells. In an article published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, the team reported finding that amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC), a calcium derivative found in nature, may be stable enough to be digested by humans if it has first been absorbed into the exoskeletons of crayfish and other hard-shelled crustaceans.
A study published in the Archives of Neurology found that between 70 percent of early Parkinson’s patients have a vitamin D insufficiency, which is defined as a level below 30 nanograms of the vitamin per milliliter (ng/mL) of blood.
According to a report published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology, 55 percent of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis were vitamin D deficient.
Though it is by no means being called a cure, taking vitamin A during pregnancy may be able to reverse some of the effects of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), which are conditions caused by a fetus’s early exposure to alcohol.
Researchers from New Delhi have found that measuring vitamin D levels among the elderly may be a useful way to assess the risk for these individuals to suffer a hip fracture. While previous studies have shown that vitamin D deficiency has been considered a hip fracture risk, the new investigation unveils that levels of this vitamin are in fact very low for individuals who experience a hip fracture.
