Interesting statistics on aging!

The September 2009 issue of Functional Ingredients (a trade magazine for the nutraceutical industry) included an intriguing article on the relationship between healthy aging, quality of life and dietary supplements. It included a number of staggering statistics on aging persons and I wanted to share some of them with you:

• 1/3 of people over the age of 65 fall down each year. One in five require medical attention and one in 10 break a bone
• Falls are responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 people in the US each year
• Nearly 40% of fatal falls involve people older than 85 years
• By age 60, four in 10 men and half of all women report joint pain in one or more joints
• For the US population as a whole, 50 million suffer from arthritis
• Peak bone density is reached at age 35. By age 80, women will have half the calcium in their bones that they did at half that age
• Dementia affects about five percent of people ages 70-80, 24% of people ages 80-90 and more than 40% of people older than 90
• Dementia is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States

While these are sobering statistics, the article goes on to share remarkable research about the supporting role of dietary supplements in aging:

• Alzheimer's patients with low levels of serum vitamin D score lower on metal state examinations compared to patients with adequate vitamin D
• Studies indicate that calcium and vitamin D supplements, in combination, support bone density
• A 2007 randomized, placebo controlled clinical intervention study among 325 postmenopausal women receiving 45mcg/day of vitamin K2 for three years found that hip-bone strength remained unchanged where the bone strength of those in the placebo group decreased significantly.
• Epidemiological studies indicate that higher intakes of vitamins E, K and B12 as well as magnesium, copper, manganese and boron are associated with higher bone density
• Fish oil (DHA in particular) continues to gain support as protective against dementia

The take away message here is that we can all make a decision, at any age, to age as well as possible. Our diet, lifestyle and supplementation choices can have a huge impact on our health and well-being throughout the aging process.

Omega-3 for Healthy Men

A recent study published in the British Journal of Nutrition explored the effects of omega-3 fatty acids on heart health in healthy subjects. Over 57,000 subjects were enrolled in the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health cohort study. During the follow-up of almost 8 years, over 1,000 of those subjects had developed acute coronary syndrome. The report concluded men with increased intakes of EPA and DHA had a decreased associated risk of acute coronary syndrome than compared to those with less EPA and DHA in their diet.

British Journal of Nutrition Abstract

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