Vitamin D

It seems to me that more and more is being learned about the effects of Vitamin D on the body. During the warmer periods I try to sit outside in the morning soaking up sun before the sun gets too hot/strong. Neighbors think I am crazy and that I am exposing myself to skin cancer, but I believe in the benefits of sun and I do see a dermatologist on a somewhat regular basis....

Low vitamin D levels can increase the risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. U.K. researchers studied more than 1,600 adults and found that those with vitamin D levels below 50 nanomoles per liter—the minimum healthy level—were up to two times more likely to suffer from dementia than those with higher levels. “We can’t say anything about whether people should be supplementing, because that’s beyond the scope of what we looked at,” says study co-author Iain Lang, “but these are exciting and suggestive results.”

This quote was taken from the 12/31/14 edition of The Week Magazine.