4. Vitamin D deficiency and depression
If you’re familiar with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), you may not be surprised to learn that depression may be among the illnesses linked to vitamin D deficiency. We all know that the nickname for this nutrient is the sunshine vitamin, but that’s not just because people may get much of the vitamin they need with sun exposure.
There’s also a relationship between vitamin D and a sunny (or not-so-sunny) mood. There’s research evidence that indicates a connection between mood and vitamin D levels, where low levels of the nutrient are related to depression.
A meta-analysis included research that suggested vitamin D supplements may be effective as antidepressant medications, though more studies are required.
If you’re experiencing symptoms of depression—such as feelings of emptiness or irritability, fatigue, hopelessness, appetite changes, and thoughts of suicide—it may be worth a conversation with your doctor.
Since low vitamin D levels may play a role in depression, it would be recommended to ask your provider to check your vitamin D level to see if it’s a deficiency that could be contributing to your symptoms.
Read on to discover other illnesses linked to vitamin D deficiency!
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I really hate when this happens. You say 10 health diseases with low Vitiam D, but never say what they are. If you going to start please finish.
They want you to buy things that might cause something else. And then they will sell you and advertise a medicine that cures it, without knowing if it really does!! That is what Obama/Clinton started and what made the creep a billionaire, starting at almost $0.
They did say its on the green buttons 1 through 8
Kathy, you have to click on the green numbers to advance through the article to learn of the 8 illnesses caused by vitamin D deficiency.
They do. You need to read the introduction the go from page to page.
Absolutely, please finish the article .
Ask my doctor, no money in telling patients to take preventative measures for future illness.
What are the 10 illnesses?
What a stupid waste of time NOT ONE FREAKING DISEASE WAS TALKED ABOUT. I will never read anything sent yp me by you people Useless!!!!!!!
Click on the green numbers that says 1-8
I want to read a article without having to jump through so many icons just to finish the one I’m interested in.
Same goes for this company selling a bottle of vitamins, slapping their name on the bottle & selling to nerve problem patients instead of just informing patients of the name & formula of these vitamins. Shame, shame.
A Doc told me my vitamin D level was too high…I was hoping to find info on it. You offer but don’t fulfill . I guess you have to get your quota of ads somehow. But it makes me hate the internet and its stupidity even more. Or perhaps it’s because I keep hoping people are honest and get disappointed.
What are the 10 illnesses? Such a waste of time!’
Before taking any kind of supplementation, especially with vitamin D since it is a fat soluble and is stored for many weeks after work, get a vitamin D level done first achieve a baseline, and then supplement if needed vitamin supplements are just that they are to be utilized if you have a deficiency, not a preventative measure so many people take them thinking the boost and build up their immune system works with an actuality it can actually do more havoc on you and as with vitamin D, it takes about three to a month for it to start to stabilize and be utilized by your body after stopping listen to your body your body knows more than any doctor or anybody else?