Success Story: Battling Vitamin D Deficiency: In a community where vitamin D deficiency diseases were common due to limited sunlight exposure, a local health initiative encouraged outdoor activities and the consumption of vitamin D-rich foods such as fish, dairy products, and egg yolks. The result...
Drug Interaction Checker tool such as RxList Drug Interaction Checker provides the drug interaction categories result as shown in the chart below. Drug Interaction Categories Chart Drug Interaction CategoriesDescriptions Contraindicated Never use this combination of drugs because of the high risk of dange...
Phylloquinone deficiency in elderly is one of the major causes of hemophilia, in particular, in the gastrointestinal tract, attributed to the absence of coagulation factors that are vitamin-K-dependent. In addition, other studies revealed the involvement of vitamin K deficiency in osteoporosis via al...
Deficiency Diseases Examples: anemia, osteoporosis. Examples: scurvy, rickets, beriberi. 9 Compare with Definitions Minerals Cannot be synthesized by living organisms. Iron, a vital mineral, must be obtained through dietary sources. 6 Vitamins Can be synthesized by plants and some animals. While pla...
Every time you go in for a check-up, fill them in on the supplements you take to make sure your chart stays up to date. From there, Stokes says the most important aspect of a supplement regimen is to keep it simple and set yourself up for success. “For example, I always take ...
In recent years, a deficiency of vitamin D has been linked to type 2 diabetes and heart disease, two illnesses that commonly occur together and are the most common cause of illness and death in Western countries. Both disorders are rooted in chronic inflammation, which leads to insulin resistan...
Targeting Vitamin D deficiency to limit exacerbations in respiratory diseases: utopia or strategy with potential? Calcif Tissue Int. 2020;106(1):76–87. 11. Rogers LK, Cismowski MJ. Oxidative Stress in the Lung - The Essential Paradox. Curr Opin Toxicol. 2018;7:37–43. 12. Cho YS, Moon...
(If you still want a reference, the FDA has this handy chart. Remember that these are just estimates, and don’t necessarily reflect optimal amounts for all people.) Generally, though, people have deficiencies for three reasons:4 Insufficient intake due to low appetite, restricted diets, illne...
On maintenance hemodialysis (MHD), patients are at risk of water–soluble vitamins and trace elements deficiency [1,2]. The origin of these deficiencies is not fully understood and involves multiple mechanisms such as decreased food intake, gastrointestinal malabsorption, altered vitamin metabolism and...
intervention, but later, especially in the case of inadequate nutrition, the inclusion of supplementation with folate and cobalamin may bring benefits. Such supplementation seems to be a necessity in patients with stage G4 or G5 (uremia). Conversely, the inclusion of additional B6 supplementation ...