Depression Linked to Vitamin D Deficiency

Recent research at the University of Georgia College of Education, shows that people who struggle with depression may have a vitamin D deficiency.  As you might know, depression usually intensifies during winter months.   Thus, many are worried that we might have more people depress in the coming months.

Vitamin D is produced by the skin when exposed to sunlight.  Thus, summer months.
  

Researcher Alan Stewart said a review of more than 100 articles and found a relationship between vitamin D deficiency and seasonal depression.

Vitamin D, which has been nicknamed the “sunshine vitamin”, is also involved in the synthesis of serotonin and dopamine within the brain, both chemicals linked to depression, according to the researchers.
  

"Seasonal affective disorder is believed to affect up to 10 percent of the population, depending upon geographical location, and is a type of depression related to changes in season," said Stewart.  Alan Stewart went on to say, "People with SAD have the same symptoms every year, starting in fall and continuing through the winter months."