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Vitamins for the elderly
Last reviewed: 04.07.2025
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When a person ages (alas, no one is immune from this), irreversible processes occur in his body. And then, even if he did not take vitamins, with age they are more necessary than ever. What vitamins exist for the elderly? We will tell you more about this.
Age and changes in the body
These changes require a restructuring of the diet. The fact is that with age, people's digestive tract ability to absorb food ingredients is greatly reduced. Energy exchange is also not in good condition. And concomitant diseases that bother a person worsen the person's condition.
Vitamins will help you feel better, increase the activity of metabolic processes, and tone up your condition.
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Why do elderly people need vitamins?
With age, vitamin metabolism in the human body becomes worse, especially if it is not supported. It has been recorded that in elderly people, the consumption of vitamin B1 and B2 decreases by 20% every year.
Vitamin E deficiency is also high: it is recorded in 80% of people over 50. As for vitamin C deficiency, 60% of elderly people lack it. Vitamin A deficiency is found in more than 80% of patients. This is the threatening situation with vitamin deficiency.
This threatens weakness, increased fatigue in elderly people and numerous diseases associated with a lack of nutrients in the body.
On the contrary: if you constantly take the correct doses of vitamin complexes, then even in old age a person leads an active lifestyle and rarely gets sick.
How can vitamins for seniors improve quality of life?
Multivitamin complexes of 12-14 substances, taken just 2 times a year, can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, improve the functioning of internal organs, in particular the liver and kidneys, and also strengthen the immune system.
Vitamin D and Age
Vitamin D, nutritionists write, is very useful in the diet of elderly people. For example, it has been proven that with age, the condition of bone tissue worsens. To restore it, it is important to constantly take calcium. And calcium, as is known, will not be absorbed without vitamin D. So, without getting vitamin D, an elderly person does not get enough calcium.
Vitamins A, C, E and age
These vitamins in combination very actively help fight the aging process in the body. These vitamins for the elderly also help in the fight against cardiovascular, oncological diseases, and are also good in the prevention of cancerous tumors.
B vitamins in combination with vitamins C and P
These water-soluble vitamins for the elderly protect them from the risk of vascular fragility and such an unpleasant disease as sclerosis.
Vitamin C, both alone and in combination, is very good for maintaining the cardiovascular system, atherosclerosis, and reduces blood cholesterol levels.
Vitamins for the elderly from food
The press often expresses the opinion that if you eat enough vegetables and fruits, the human body will be saturated with vitamins. But when it comes to older people who have a vitamin deficiency, they will not get the necessary doses from vegetables and fruits alone.
As research has shown, only a few vitamins can be obtained in full from fresh vegetables and fruits. Namely: vitamin C (folic acid), carotene (vitamin B), and vitamin A.
So, let's do the math. An elderly person needs to get a daily dose of vitamin C, which is 60 mg. How much apple juice should he drink if 1 glass contains 4 mg of this vitamin? A simple calculation shows that an elderly person should drink no more and no less than 15 such glasses a day.
So it turns out that pharmacy vitamins are very necessary, otherwise the body cannot be saturated with useful substances.
Vitamins A, D, E also require supplements in the form of pharmaceutical pills. The fact is that their sources in natural form are meat, cereals of various types, dairy products, butter, liver and other high-calorie products. To ensure a supply of vitamins in the body, you can’t eat a lot of them.
And not all products can be eaten by elderly people, since many of them are on therapeutic diets. Therefore, appropriate vitamin complexes prescribed by a doctor are needed.
Please note that you should not overdose on medications. Therefore, your doctor should prescribe vitamins for the elderly and their doses, not you yourself.
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Description provided for informational purposes and is not a guide to self-healing. The need for this drug, the purpose of the treatment regimen, methods and dose of the drug is determined solely by the attending physician. Self-medication is dangerous for your health.