| Introduction | | | | homocysteine to methioine and cysteine |
| If current nutrient trends continue, one | | | | needed folic acid, vitamin B12 and B6. |
| out of every five Americans will be over | | | | Vitamin D can be a problem as well |
| the age of 65 by the year 2025. This | | | | In older peoples they lack vitamins D |
| projected aging increase an interest in | | | | because they do not spend much time in |
| American people for defining the | | | | the sunlight. To convert both |
| nutrients for older people. Recent | | | | dehydro-cholesterol to vitamin D in the |
| research shows that many essential | | | | skin and 25- (OH) to 1,25- (OH) 2 in the |
| nutrients needs for the older people. | | | | kidney decrease with age. The lack of |
| Vitamins B6 is a problem nutrients for | | | | 1,25- (OH) 2 vitamin D leads to negative |
| many Americans | | | | calcium balance. This may contribute to |
| The absorption and use of vitamin B6 is | | | | osteoporosis. |
| decreases in older people. Vitamin B6 is | | | | Some evidence for increase need for |
| a problem nutrient for many Americans | | | | chromium and zinc as well |
| especially for older people. Many older | | | | Chromium is not rich in the American |
| Americans get less than 50% of the RDA | | | | diet and mainly older peoples have |
| in their diet. | | | | difficultly to converting dietary |
| Lack of vitamins B12 causes atrophic | | | | chromium to the biologically active |
| gastritis | | | | chromadullin. The chromium lack leads to |
| Vitamin B12 is a prevalent shortage in | | | | diabetes. An older people consumes |
| older people. Many older peoples develop | | | | one-half RDA for zinc. Astrophic |
| atrophic gastritis; this is because of | | | | gastritis can also interfere with zinc |
| decrease Hcl secretion in the stomach. | | | | absorption. Symptoms of zinc lack |
| The decreased production of intrinsic | | | | include dermatitis, loss of taste and |
| can also leads to poor absorption of | | | | weaken immune. |
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| homocysteine. Maybe a risk for | | | | Healthknow. |
| atherosclerosis. The metabolism of | | | | |