Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... acid and vitamin D. An inadequate or unbalanced diet is more harmful for older people . Foods tolerated in earlier years of more robust health can become dangerous to older people , leading to specific health deficits . Many features of ...
... acid and vitamin D. An inadequate or unbalanced diet is more harmful for older people . Foods tolerated in earlier years of more robust health can become dangerous to older people , leading to specific health deficits . Many features of ...
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... acid deficiency because some patients with such disorders , most of whom were elderly , have responded to folic acid supplements . Deficiencies of other nutrients , such as tryptophan and thiamine , have also been suggested as causes ...
... acid deficiency because some patients with such disorders , most of whom were elderly , have responded to folic acid supplements . Deficiencies of other nutrients , such as tryptophan and thiamine , have also been suggested as causes ...
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... acid deposits leading to pain and chronic illness in the joints , bones and muscles . Pain must be treated seriously . Diet is crucial in reversing the process of increasing pain and declining mobility . Some cases of arthritis respond ...
... acid deposits leading to pain and chronic illness in the joints , bones and muscles . Pain must be treated seriously . Diet is crucial in reversing the process of increasing pain and declining mobility . Some cases of arthritis respond ...
Contents
Nature and the importance of good health in old age | 1 |
expectations of health in old age | 8 |
the medicalization of old age | 23 |
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