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