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...year-old needs 400 IUs (international units) of vitamin D a day, twice as much as a 30-year-old. A 70-year-old needs 600 units a day. Milk and some breakfast cereals and breads are fortified with D. However, you have to drink a quart of milk to get even 400 IUs. Again, a supplement makes sense. And because your body adjusts bone mass to the loads your skeleton is called upon to support, it is important to do weight-bearing exercises...
...DOES IT Men, it may be time to consider vitamin E. In a study, E supplements reduced the risk of prostate cancer 32% and death from the disease 41%. The dose? Just 50 IUs...
...BONE UP For the first time, a study shows that older men, like women, can stave off bone loss--and even increase bone mass--with calcium and vitamin D supplements. Just 500 mg of calcium and 700 IUs of vitamin D a day seem to do the trick...
...OSTEOARTHRITIS of the knee, one of the most common forms of disabling arthritis, is much more likely to progress in people who get less than about 200 IUs of vitamin D daily. But using supplements can be risky; in large doses the vitamin is toxic...