Update - Vitamin D and Lung Disease

[Matman]

The following link is to a recent review of Data concerning Vitamin D and Lung Disease. Worth a read.

Elsewhere I read recently that as we age, our ability to uptake Vitamin D decreases until, ultimately, we becom 4x less efficienct at utilising it than in our younger years.

Thanks ‘in advance’ for any comments, as a busy week means may not have time to respond directly.

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[risabel59]

Hi Matman,

From experience, I think this is certainly the case. My respiratory consultant in the US was absolutely hysterical about Vit D levels and that was 10 years ago. Mine were not horrible, but lowish, he insisted on giving me injections of vit d and then taking supplements almost all the time. Now my Vit d levels are good, but I still take a supplement. Its worth taking Vit K with vitamin d because it improves the up take.

More to the point, I feel better when I have good levels, and I think it really helps your immune system.

R

[Matman in reply to risabel59]

Cheers. Yeah, I take Vit K a couple of times a week. It’s supposed to also help keep calcium from entering the arteries and calcifying the cardio vascular system.

[Yatzy in reply to Matman]

Is it vit K2 that you take, Matman? I think it might help my osteopenia, as well as my lungs. Thanks for the link....helpful.

[Matman in reply to Yatzy]

Yes. Vit K2. Notably also derived from Good Quality Butter if the cows are Free Ranging Grass Fed. Only take the Capsules a couple of times a week, as I’m more wary these days of taking ‘Daily’ Suppliments due, in part, to all the Fillers and additional crap that goes into making them. (Just a personal thing - ‘Daily’ will have benefits for some folk I guess).

[Yatzy in reply to Matman]

Thanks, Matman. I might try K2 occasionally then, though I certainly wish we could have the vits without the filler extras- I suppose not much quantity-wise for occasional use.