Some current facts. In the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) approximately 6% of population above 60 years old increasing with age are deficient <148 pmol/L blood levels and 20% are marginal status blood levels 148-221pmol/L.1 In other areas of world like India for all age groups it is Read more…
Continuing with ingested foods break down and use, the intestines are important in augmenting the absorption of certain critical substances to the body and to fuel it. Next the food enters the small intestine where sugars, fats and proteins are absorbed. Essentially the main building blocks and fuel for the Read more…
To absorb vitamin B12 and most nutrients the food we eat must be digested. This is important as in vitamin B12’s case in certain disease states and as we age this is affected such that we become deficient. Also, vitamin D3 boosts its absorption. As vitamin B12 is a very Read more…
This is my most important blog posting and the one I probably should have first posted with. To explain complex subjects, like vitamin D3, in my blogs I am challenged by three issues. Those three are translating medical talk into what a nonmedical person can understand while maintaining the meaning, Read more…
Lots of Americans and I argue people through out the world suffer from mental health issues. I believe mental health issues are as prevalent as is physical health issues. It is also an area people do not like to talk about. Hey, I get it as it is easier to Read more…