{"id":15226,"date":"2014-08-08T04:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=15226"},"modified":"2014-08-08T08:02:49","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T12:02:49","slug":"new-study-low-d-doubles-risk-of-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-low-d-doubles-risk-of-alzheimers-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study: Low ‘D’ Doubles Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"

Participants with extremely low vitamin D levels were more than twice as likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s disease in a new study published in the journal Neurology<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Examining elderly Americans, the study found that those with extremely low vitamin D levels were 125 percent more likely to develop dementia of any kind and those who were moderately deficient had increased risk of 53 percent. For Alzheimer\u2019s disease specifically, severe deficiency increase risk 122 percent and moderate deficiency increased risk 69 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expected to find an association between low Vitamin D levels and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s disease, but the results were surprising \u2013 we actually found that the association was twice as strong as we anticipated,\u201d lead researcher Dr. David Llewellyn of the University of Exeter Medical School said in a press release from the University.<\/p>\n

The study also found that vitamin D levels above 20 ng\/ml are most strongly associated with good brain health, and risk of dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s disease is increased at levels below that threshold. The researchers had hypothesized that a vitamin D levels as low as 10 ng\/ml would be adequate for good brain health.<\/p>\n

\u201cShedding light on risk factors for dementia is one of the most important tasks facing today\u2019s health researchers,\u201d Alzheimer\u2019s Society Director of Research and Development Doug Brown said in the press release from the University of Exeter. \u201cWhile earlier studies have suggested that a lack of the sunshine vitamin is linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, this study found that people with very low vitamin D levels were more than twice as likely to develop any kind of dementia.”<\/p>\n

Click here to read the press release from the University of Exeter.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Participants with extremely low vitamin D levels were more than twice as likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s disease in a new study published in the journal Neurology. Examining elderly Americans, the study found that those with extremely low vitamin D levels were 125 percent more likely to develop dementia of any kind and those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nNew Study: Low 'D' Doubles Risk of Alzheimer's Disease - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Participants with extremely low vitamin D levels were more than twice as likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s disease in a new study published in the journal Neurology. Examining elderly Americans, the study found that those with extremely low vitamin D levels were 125 percent more likely to develop dementia of any kind and those who were moderately deficient had increased risk of 53 percent. For Alzheimer\u2019s disease specifically, severe deficiency increase risk 122 percent and moderate deficiency increased risk 69 percent. \u201cWe expected to find an association between low Vitamin D levels and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s disease, but the results were surprising \u2013 we actually found that the association was twice as strong as we anticipated,\u201d lead researcher Dr. David Llewellyn of the University of Exeter Medical School said in a press release from the University. The study also found that vitamin D levels above 20 ng\/ml are most strongly associated with good brain health, and risk of dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s disease is increased at levels below that threshold. The researchers had hypothesized that a vitamin D levels as low as 10 ng\/ml would be adequate for good brain health. \u201cShedding light on risk factors for dementia is one of the most important tasks facing today\u2019s health researchers,\u201d Alzheimer\u2019s Society Director of Research and Development Doug Brown said in the press release from the University of Exeter. \u201cWhile earlier studies have suggested that a lack of the sunshine vitamin is linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, this study found that people with very low vitamin D levels were more than twice as likely to develop any kind of dementia." Click here to read the press release from the University of Exeter.           SmartTan.com news articles regularly report medical and scientific information to keep you abreast of current events related to UV light. This information is not intended to be used by any party to make unwarranted health claims to promote sunbed usage. 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The researchers had hypothesized that a vitamin D levels as low as 10 ng\/ml would be adequate for good brain health. \u201cShedding light on risk factors for dementia is one of the most important tasks facing today\u2019s health researchers,\u201d Alzheimer\u2019s Society Director of Research and Development Doug Brown said in the press release from the University of Exeter. \u201cWhile earlier studies have suggested that a lack of the sunshine vitamin is linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, this study found that people with very low vitamin D levels were more than twice as likely to develop any kind of dementia.\" Click here to read the press release from the University of Exeter.           SmartTan.com news articles regularly report medical and scientific information to keep you abreast of current events related to UV light. This information is not intended to be used by any party to make unwarranted health claims to promote sunbed usage. 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