Friday, February 13, 2009

Lack of Sunshine Vitamin Linked to Cognitive Decline




"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."

1 comment:

Dan @ Necessary Roughness said...

Can we take a million of the stimulus and give sufficient vitamin D to everyone in Washington? :)