Vitamin D and All-Cause Mortality

Follow this link to The American Academy of Dermatology homepage to download a PDF version of the AAD’s position statement on Vitamin D.  We are seeing a lot more older age applicants and it is critical for underwriters to factor in low Vitamin D levels when assessing such risks.

Very few foods in nature contain Vitamin D (but you already knew that, didn’t you?). 

Low levels of Vitamin D have a higher risk of all-cause mortality.

Click this link to access a good article on Vitamin D deficiency and higher all-cause mortality. 

Primary Care Metabolic Group – Vitamin D Deficiency

May I recommend a couple of glasses of soymilk daily?