10 Vitamin D3 Deficiency Symptoms
Symptom #7: Impaired Memory
A study published in 2014 observed that moderate and severe vitamin D deficiency in older adults was associated with an increased risk of some forms of dementia.
In this study, 1,600 people were analyzed. Participants were all aged 65 and older, all of whom did not have dementia at the beginning of the study. In comparison to individuals with normal vitamin D levels, those with low levels of vitamin D deficiency had a 53% risk of developing dementia. Those who were severely deficient, had a 125% increased risk. This is very high! However, this was an observational study, thus a direct link between dementia and vitamin D cannot be determined quite yet.
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