Integrative Medicine Alert – January 1, 2019

January 1, 2019

• Trends in Supplemental Vitamin D Intake

  The authors investigated the trends in daily supplemental vitamin D intake of ≥ 1,000 IU and ≥ 4,000 IU and found increasing use of vitamin D supplementation.

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• Effect of Diet on Hippocampal Volume in a Population at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease

  Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in community-dwelling people (average age of 60 years) found that a long-term, high-quality diet was associated with larger hippocampal volumes after an average interval of 11 years.

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• Alcohol Use: No Safe Level

  A systematic analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 on alcohol-linked disorders and patterns of alcohol use over 25 years worldwide found there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.

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• Caregivers and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Interventions

  The authors of a review of randomized, controlled trials found that mindfulness-based stress reduction may reduce short-term anxiety and depressive symptoms in people caring for family members with dementia.

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• Probiotic Use to Reduce Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea

  In a systematic review of probiotic use for reducing Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD), probiotics appear to be most beneficial in populations with high baseline risk of CDAD (> 5%).

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• The Mediterranean Diet and Cognitive Function: Keep the Mind Sharp

  Italian seniors who ate a high-quality Mediterranean diet had better cognitive function than those who did not.

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