Quali vitamine per la depressione?
Quali vitamine per la depressione?
Le vitamine del gruppo B giocano un ruolo importante nella funzione neurologica e nella regolazione dell'umore. Le vitamine del gruppo B, tra cui il folato, la B12 e la B6, sono necessarie per la produzione e la regolazione di neurotrasmettitori come la serotonina, l'acido gamma-aminobutirrico (GABA) e la dopamina.
Quali sono i valori della vitamina D?
Valori Normali
- carenza: 100 ng/mL.
Can vitamin D help with depression?
- Vitamin D insufficiency (≤20 ng/mL) has been associated with depression. If your depression is severe, you are more likely to benefit from correcting an insufficiency. If your levels of vitamin D are sufficient, however, then whether your depression is severe or not, supplementation isn’t likely to help.
Can vitamin D affect your mood?
- Vitamin D receptors can be found pretty much everywhere in the human body, so the ways in which vitamin D might affect your mood are innumerable. One of those mechanisms could be hormonal, since vitamin D helps regulate testosterone levels and since low testosterone can impair the mood of men and women.
Is there a link between vitamin D and mental illness?
- The mechanism whereby vitamin D may be associated with mental disorders is not clearly understood. It has been reported that there are vitamin D receptors in the hypothalamus, which may be important in neuroendocrine functioning (Eyles, Smith, Kinobe, Hewison, & McGrath, 2005).
Does vitamin D affect seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?
- There has been research examining the relationship of vitamin D to seasonal affective disorder (SAD), schizophrenia, and depression. Several studies have examined whether light therapy improved mood.
