Alzheimer's disease: The vitamin deficiency found in 70% of patients - signs to spot - Daily Express
The findings revealed that invidious with low vitamin D levels had a 53 percent increased risk of developing dementia.Those with a more serious deficiency had a 125 per cent increased risk of developing dementia compared to participants with normal levels of vitamin D.In terms of Alzheimer’s disease risk, individuals with lower levels of vitamin D were almost 70 percent more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease.Those with a severe deficiency, on the other hand, were 120 percent more likely to go on to develop dementia.The study, David Llewellyn, of the University of Exeter Medical School in England, said: “We expected to find an association between low vitamin D levels and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, but the resists were surprising - we actually found that the association was twice as strong as we anticipatedHe continued: “Clinical trials are […] needed to establish whether eating foods such as oily fish or taking vitamin D supplements can delay or even prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia“We need to be cautious at this early stage and our […] results do not demonstrate that low vitamin D levels cause dementia