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Vitamin link to Parkinson's



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Published Date: 14 October 2008
LACK of vitamin D is significantly associated with Parkinson's disease, a study has shown.
Scientists found that lower blood levels of the vitamin were more common in people with Parkinson's than healthy individuals. But whether vitamin D deficiency was a cause of Parkinson's or resulted from it still had to be determined.

The part of the brain most affected by the disease is highly sensitive to vitamin D, suggesting that the vitamin may be important to this region.

But the link between Parkinson's and vitamin D, published in the journal Archives of Neurology, could arise because of the poor mobility of elderly patients. Most vitamin D is manufactured in the skin in response to sunlight.



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  • Last Updated: 13 October 2008 9:56 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Parkinson's Disease
 
1

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 14/10/2008 01:31:15


Folic Acid, to stop one from becoming,..'Doolally'!

Zinc, to help the,...'Tad-Pole' Department!

Aspirin, to Keep the 'Blood' in good order and more!

Vitamin C, good for the 'Immune' system!

Now Vit D!!


'Aye' your Charlie Boy Better, do a stock rethink, if he wants to live, to a 'Ripe-Old-Age' of,..

....105 years old! :))
2

Tom in Belmont,

Belmont 14/10/2008 02:46:22
May we prove that simple. But one may doubt it.
3

Guga II,

Rockall 14/10/2008 06:45:32
#1 Charlie,

Only another 10 years to go then?
4

Boy Wonder,

14/10/2008 09:07:19
#3. Guga ... If he carries on like this ... I doubt our Chuckles has another decade left in him.

Then DYW will be free to find a much younger, healthier man!!!

Wonder if she'll advertise??
5

aljok.23,

the world 14/10/2008 09:19:18
Are redheads less likely to get Parkinsons then??
6

TimW1234,

Ottawa, Canada 14/10/2008 12:24:24
4 Boy Wonder

CHarles Linskaill's wife will advertise as WHAT ....?

I have been advised by my endocrinologist to take at least 1,000 mgs. of vitamin D per day.

Hope it works.

 

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