Does a lack of Vitamin D cause seasonal affective disorder? In this video Robin Miller, MD shares how Vitamin D can affect your mood.
Is Vitamin D associated with Seasonal Affective Disorders about that time? Yes it is, probably it's actually beyond that time. Reduced sunlight interferes with the body's biological clock. This regulates moods, sleep and hormones. It also may cause an imbalance in neuro transmitters such as dopa-mine and serotonin and there are studies that show a lag of eight weeks between a decreasing intensive UV radiation, and the onset of seasonal affective disorder which points to a connection.
Sunlight is where vitamin D comes from. So, would you suggest that people suffering from seasonal effective disorder maybe should get their vitamin D level checked? Absolutely, and have them make sure that they are adequate, and in addition during a winter time, biolight would be a good thing, they are called happy light.
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