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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Vitamin D Inadequacy in the Elderly Population of South Sulawesi
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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Vitamin D Inadequacy in the Elderly Population of South Sulawesi
Background: Vitamin D inadequacy remains a health issue in elderly population of Indonesia. Vitamin D has skeletal and non-skeletal effects, that can improve elderly quality of life. Various factors associated with inadequate vitamin D levels are observed in this study. ...
Photo: Agencia Uno WHAT HAPPENED? A randomized controlled clinical trial, which followed more than a thousand people over the age of 50 for four years, revealed that daily intake of vitamin D3 could help slow biological aging by reducing the shortening of telomeres, structures associated with cell deterioration. The study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, administered to participants a daily dose of 2,000 international un…
Can a dietary supplement slow down the aging process? A new study suggests that vitamin D could play a central role in cell protection.
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