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[Wrinkles]

Aaaaah, hmmmm, well, have gone to Drs couple times past yr and everything checks out good, (bloodwork, urine, cat scans, chest xrays all good)....I only know the obvious, stop the 3 liters a day of diet coke and lose weight, the obvious thing at this point, go from there....drank half gallon of water today and a half gallon of diet coke, lmao, gotta get to gallon a day of water and no diet coke, lol......

[Swampdude]

Howdy MM,

Blood test is vital to see if Vit. D levels are low and good thyroid function is crucial as well.

After 50 we don't absorb Vit. D as well and if our Magnesium levels are low then we can't process the D anyway. A fresh CBC blood test can answer most of these questions. Yearly physicals are essential after 50 at least for me.

You are right, there is an epidemic of low D levels in older folks because of this.

SD

[Wrinkles]

TY Swamp and Monmon...will look into Vit D.....