Guest guest Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Thanks Doug, Mind if I rant? I finally quit working LTC when I got tired of butting heads with corporate RDs and Admin about supplementing nearly all residents with Vit D. I've been harping on this for years, since earlier research indicated that elderly in LTC weren't getting adequate Vit D from standard diet or sunlight. Nice to be vindicated. Jan Patenaude PS. Anybody hear of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Duh, a Vit D link, ya think? My Grandfather (passed away in 1980 at 90 years old) was from Finland, then moved to N. Minnesota and always INSISTED on his children supplementing Cod Liver oil, before Vit D was discovered. One more thing. I strongly suspect that the nail ridges attributed to " aging " are Vit D deficiency related. Anybody ever see research? In a message dated 12/11/2006 7:50:30 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, dougkalman@... writes: December/January Newsletter: Professor Meir Stampfer, chair of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, has written a great article this week for Newsweek magazine. _http://www.msnbc.http://www.http://wwhttp://www.msn_ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15994150/site/newsweek/) US News and World Report will have a feature article this week or next. A very important new study was published several day ago. Dr. Consuelo Wilkins of the Washington University School of Medicine found that elderly patients with the lowest vitamin D levels were 11 (eleven!!!) times more likely to have symptoms of depression than were patients with the highest vitamin D levels. Her group also found that some measurements of dementia were higher in patients with the lowest 25(OH)D levels. I have written about vitamin D and depression before. Wilkins CH, et al. Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Low Mood and Worse Cognitive Performance in Older Adults. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2006 Dec;14(12):1032-Psych The Wilkins study adds to the growing list of studies indicating that vitamin D deficiency is an important cause of depression, and one that is easily treated. It also stresses the importance of Professor McGrath's work, showing that vitamin D is intimately involved in brain development. If you like your brain, if you like the brain of your loved ones, if you are pregnant and you like the brain of the baby developing inside you, get adequate amounts of vitamin D. Our latest newsletter is posted at: _http://www.vitamindhttp://www.vhttp://www.http://wwhttp://ww_ (http://www.vitamindcouncil.com/newsletter/2006-dec-jan.shtml) -- Sincerely, Kalman PhD©, RD " When choosing between two evils, I always like to choose the one I've never tried before. " Mae West. Jan Patenaude, RD Director of Medical Nutrition Signet Diagnostic Corporation _www.nowleap.com_ (http://www.nowleap.com) (Mountain Time) (toll free) Fax: DineRight4@... Mediator Release Testing and LEAP Diet Protocol for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Migraine, Fibromyalgia and more, caused by food sensitivity IMPORTANT - This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error, you are hereby notified that we do not consent to any reading, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and telephone ( toll free) and destroy the transmitted information. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late, incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 I quite a job in prenatal public health as they didn't believe in giving Vit. D to breast fed babies - and this is in Canada! Marg Alfieri Dineright4@... wrote: > > > Thanks Doug, > > Mind if I rant? > > I finally quit working LTC when I got tired of butting heads with > corporate > RDs and Admin about supplementing nearly all residents with Vit D. > > I've been harping on this for years, since earlier research indicated > that > elderly in LTC weren't getting adequate Vit D from standard diet or > sunlight. > > Nice to be vindicated. > > Jan Patenaude > > PS. Anybody hear of Seasonal Affective Disorder. Duh, a Vit D link, ya > think? > My Grandfather (passed away in 1980 at 90 years old) was from Finland, > then > moved to N. Minnesota and always INSISTED on his children > supplementing Cod > Liver oil, before Vit D was discovered. > > One more thing. I strongly suspect that the nail ridges attributed to > " aging " are Vit D deficiency related. Anybody ever see research? > > In a message dated 12/11/2006 7:50:30 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, > dougkalmangmail (DOT) com <mailto:dougkalman%40gmail.com> writes: > > December/January Newsletter: > > Professor Meir Stampfer, chair of epidemiology at the Harvard School > of Public Health, has written a great article this week for Newsweek > magazine. > _http://www.msnbc.'>http://www.msnbc. http://www. http://wwhttp: //www.msn_ > <http://www.msnbc.http://www.http://wwhttp://www.msn_> > (http://www.msnbc. msn.com/id/ 15994150/ site/newsweek/ > <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15994150/site/newsweek/>) > > US News and World Report will have a feature article this week or next. > > A very important new study was published several day ago. Dr. > Consuelo Wilkins of the Washington University School of Medicine found > that elderly patients with the lowest vitamin D levels were 11 > (eleven!!!) times more likely to have symptoms of depression than were > patients with the highest vitamin D levels. Her group also found that > some measurements of dementia were higher in patients with the lowest > 25(OH)D levels. I have written about vitamin D and depression before. > > Wilkins CH, et al. Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Low Mood > and Worse Cognitive Performance in Older Adults. Am J Geriatr > Psychiatry. 2006 Dec;14(12):1032- Psych > > The Wilkins study adds to the growing list of studies indicating that > vitamin D deficiency is an important cause of depression, and one that > is easily treated. It also stresses the importance of Professor > McGrath's work, showing that vitamin D is intimately involved in brain > development. If you like your brain, if you like the brain of your > loved ones, if you are pregnant and you like the brain of the baby > developing inside you, get adequate amounts of vitamin D. > > Our latest newsletter is posted at: > _http://www.vitamind'>http://www.vitamind http://www. vhttp://www. http://wwhttp: //ww_ > <http://www.vitamindhttp://www.vhttp://www.http://wwhttp://ww_> > (http://www.vitamind council.com/ newsletter/ 2006-dec- jan.shtml > <http://www.vitamindcouncil.com/newsletter/2006-dec-jan.shtml>) > > -- > Sincerely, > > Kalman PhD©, RD > " When choosing between two evils, I always like to choose the one I've > never tried before. " Mae West. > > Jan Patenaude, RD > Director of Medical Nutrition > Signet Diagnostic Corporation > _www.nowleap. com_ (http://www.nowleap. com <http://www.nowleap.com>) > (Mountain Time) > (toll free) > Fax: > DineRight4aol (DOT) com <mailto:DineRight4%40aol.com> > > Mediator Release Testing and LEAP Diet Protocol for Irritable Bowel > Syndrome, Migraine, Fibromyalgia and more, caused by food sensitivity > > IMPORTANT - This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the > individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain > information that is > privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable > law. If > you have received this message in error, you are hereby notified that > we do not > consent to any reading, dissemination, distribution or copying of this > e-mail message. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify > the sender immediately by e-mail and telephone ( toll > free) and > destroy the transmitted information. > > E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive > late, > incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept > liability for > any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a > result of e-mail transmission. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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