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closeIMO--Vitamin D deficiency accelerates the aging process via increased inflammation.
Posted by RitaCeloneUmile on 05 May 2013 at 00:34 GMT
1. Vitamin D deficiency accelerates the aging process via increased inflammation.
2. Vitamin D is the master hormone, creating a cascading effect in the body, with deficiency causing ill health and sufficiency promoting well being.
3. Though instrumental for proper bodily functioning, ultimately the efficient working of our system is multifactorial, example being that a low fat diet may lower cholesterol but does not impact blood pressure; additionally, it appears from this study (though I disagree from personal experience) that vitamin d deficiency does not impact blood glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, or free fatty acids (unless I misunderstood the article…please cut me some slack..I am trained as a sociologist.and more specifically, as an agent of change)
4. Vitamin D replacement has the potential to reduce blood pressure and atherosclerosis.
5. I would conclude that maintaining optimal 25(OH)D levels will ultimately slow down, if not reverse, the aging process.
RE: IMO--Vitamin D deficiency accelerates the aging process via increased inflammation.
kdarwish replied to RitaCeloneUmile on 05 May 2013 at 06:34 GMT
Hmm... after carefully reading the attributes of comments that "must be avoided",
and RitaCeloneUmile's comment containing "please cut me some slack..I am trained
as a sociologist.and more specifically, as an agent of change", it is challenging share reflections,
but be it suffice to remark that it is a major "leap" in re-interpretation of this article's data
and the authors' own interpretations to even suggest "maintaining optimal 25(OH)D
levels..." might "reverse, the aging process", as maintaining optimal levels of a vitamin
involved in the aging process is multifactorial, as Rita stated, continuosly changing,
requires monitoring, and perhaps most importantly -- borrowing insight from another researcher
that has used mouse models extensively: "mice are nice, but they're mice" (not humans).