Deficiency of vitamin D increase the risk of death in elderly women

Low vitamin D threatens the health of the elderly

Austrian researchers found that deficiency of vitamin D may increase the risk of death among elderly women.

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Studies conducted by researchers from the Medical University of Graz in Austria involves 961 women over the age of 70 - 95 living in nursing homes in Austria. Their blood samples began to be collected from February to March.

Twenty-seven months later, 30 percent of them were found dead. Their deaths associated with extreme vitamin D deficiency.

When the body is deficient in vitamin D, how to handle it

Apart from the sun, you can get vitamin D from foods including milk, cheese, salmon, cod liver oil, and soybean.

Based on the results of the study, older women more often advised to take a walk out of the house and in the morning sunlight. You may be able to take the time to accompany grandmother or grandmother walk in the park every morning, because it is very good for health.