{"id":116632,"date":"2017-01-14T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssprojects.biz\/newsBlog\/?p=116632"},"modified":"2017-01-14T14:11:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T14:11:15","slug":"vitamin-d-for-ages-over-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssprojects.biz\/newsBlog\/?p=116632","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin D | For Ages Over 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #bf5e1d;\">Vitamin D &#8211; For Ages Over 50<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #bf5e1d;\">Men and women over the age of 50 need a daily vitamin D supplement.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The need for vitamin D increases after the age of 50. In addition to following Canada&#8217;s Food Guide, everyone over the age of 50 should take a daily vitamin D supplement of 10 \u00b5g (400 IU). Vitamin D and calcium are important for bone strength and to reduce the risk of osteoporosis and fractures in older adults.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #bf5e1d;\">Can I meet my vitamin D needs through food?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s Food Guide recommends having 500\u00a0mL\u00a0(2 cups) of milk every day for adequate vitamin D. After the age of 50, vitamin D needs are higher than can be obtained from food and a daily supplement is recommended in addition to following Canada&#8217;s Food Guide.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #bf5e1d;\">Can I meet my vitamin D needs from sun exposure?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Men and women over the age of 50, have a reduced capacity to produce vitamin D through sun skin exposure. Therefore, it is recommended all adults over the age of 50 take a daily vitamin D supplement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin D &#8211; For Ages Over 50 Men and women over the age of 50 need a daily vitamin D supplement. The need for vitamin D increases after the age of 50. In addition to following Canada&#8217;s Food Guide, everyone over the age of 50 should take a daily vitamin D supplement of 10 \u00b5g [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[8186],"tags":[8187],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssprojects.biz\/newsBlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssprojects.biz\/newsBlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssprojects.biz\/newsBlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssprojects.biz\/newsBlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssprojects.biz\/newsBlog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116632"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ssprojects.biz\/newsBlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116674,"href":"https:\/\/ssprojects.biz\/newsBlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116632\/revisions\/116674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssprojects.biz\/newsBlog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssprojects.biz\/newsBlog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssprojects.biz\/newsBlog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssprojects.biz\/newsBlog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}