Vitamin D & Depression
TL;DR: Vitamin D vs. Depression
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Background
Unlike most vitamins, your body can actually make some of its own Vitamin D with the help of the sun.
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Not getting enough sun can lead to Vitamin D deficiency. Together with Vitamin D that you consume, your daily Vitamin D plays important role in absorbing nutrients, keeping your bones strong, and supporting your immune system.
Vitamin D and Depression
Vitamin D has also been suspected to play a role in mental health.
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"Our analyses are consistent with the hypothesis that low vitamin D concentration is associated with depression"
Clinical Trials: Vitamin D & Depression
Clinical trials of Vitamin D have so far been unable to confirm this link. One trial of nearly 20,000 volunteers gave Vitamin D to some and a placebo to others. Those that received Vitamin D were slightly less likely to get depression. However, the results were not significant.
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Among adults aged 50 years or older without clinically relevant depressive symptoms at baseline, treatment with vitamin D3 compared with placebo did not result in a statistically significant difference in the incidence and recurrence of depression or clinically relevant depressive symptoms or for change in mood scores over a median follow-up of 5.3 years.
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