Re: Vitamin D intake and seassonal affective disorder

Posted by Larry Hoover on October 31, 2002, at 12:26:49

In reply to Vitamin D intake and seassonal affective disorder, posted by Leor on October 31, 2002, at 11:57:00

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> I have heard by word of mouth that a recent study drew a parallel between vitamin D consumption and seasonal affective disorder. Does anyone have info. about this (references or URLs would be helpful).
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> Best,
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> Leor

I can't find anything definitive in Medline.
In broad strokes, vitamin D status (because of exposure to sunlight) does correlate with seasonal affective disorder incidence (the so-called latitude effect). Preliminary (very small subject pools) studies have shown mood improvement with vitamin D supplementation.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9539254&dopt=Abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10888476&dopt=Abstract
Lar

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