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Do people over 85 absorb multivitamin and mineral supplements well?
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I noted your comment about potassium. Back in 2011 I got C-diff due to antibiotics my dentist gave me and was in the hospital. I had very low potassium. So I started to track and I just don't have enough potassium. Potassium is important for your muscles, and of course the heart is a muscle.
My Primary put me on prescription potassium and I take 10mg twice a day and I just manage to stay in range. I have read that older people tend to be lower in Potassium. I now check out the medications I am prescribed because some will raise your potassium and some will lower it. I adjust accordingly then to stay in range
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@vic83 Sorry if I sound like a know it all but c-diff is a pathogen usually acquired in hospital. But vitamins don’t cause it. I am a retired RN.
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My aged father has been in the ER three times since coming off a cruise in early 2018. All three times, it was low sodium. His sister told him she had been on salt tablets for years when he called for his weekly chat and related his ER experience and findings.
For older folk, 70 and up say, who suddenly find they're not feeling well, a bit dizzy, short of breath, maybe rapid heartbeat...there's an excellent chance one or more of your electrolytes are wonky. Also, hydration can be a problem...we don't drink enough because we don't produce the right amounts of hormones to make us concentrate our urine, especially at night (remember when we didn't have to rise two or three times each night?), or we don't drink enough as the day goes on and by morning, peeing two/three times, we're parched!!