Increased intake of vitamin D can prevent depression.

It is possible that increased levels of vitamin D may increase depression.

A new study by VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam vitamin D increases as intriguiging opportunities for the treatment of depression, particularly in elderly people. The study showed that low levels of vitamin D disorders, depression and mental health can

Given that about 13 percent of older people have symptoms of depression, studies show that depression can be caused by deficiency of vitamin D. Amsterdam He referred to the
many causes of vitamin D deficiency in the elderly, including less of the sun, as a result of reduced leisure and different housing or clothing habits.

The ratio of high to low vitamin D-parathyroid retarded people

The document relates to the fact that the poor state of vitamin D leads to increased levels of parathyroid hormone, which is overactive parathyroid glands, often accompanied by symptoms of depression. In addition, it was observed that the symptoms of depression disappeared after appropriate treatment and recovery levels of vitamin D.

Study of Amsterdam, which has more than 1,200 people from 65 to 95, found that blood levels of vitamin D were 14% lower in people with major and minor depression compared with participants without depression.

It was also noted that, compared with non-handicapped minors, patients with depression five percent above the level of the thyroid and parathyroid hormone since the Great Depression, but that the hormone has an amazing 33 percent higher in patients with major depressive disorder;

Vitamin D, as a potential treatment for depression.

Appointment terminated Amsterdam study analyzed vitamin D, to prevent depression, but called for further research to explore the possibilities. Two low blood levels of vitamin D and high parathyroid hormone levels can be treated with higher flows. Vitamin D and calcium, and high sun, the researchers say, because the levels of both substances in the treatment of depression in the preventive potential of predictable performance. However, it must be determined whether the changes in the levels of vitamin D can lead to depression or the result.