Sunlight makes me happy!! Let’s start there.
Lol, think I'll put on my bikini and go lie out in the sunshine, snicker, choke!
D-R-I-N-K M-O-R-E O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E
Whoa, back this bus up, partner.
First, the article claims that the research shows there is no clear link between Vit D levels and SAD. Then, in the next to last paragraph, there’s this contradiction:
“Dr Franco said his study did not evaluate whether the depressive symptoms were seasonal and suggested more studies needed to be done.”
So, which is it?
This has some serious flaws. To start with, isolating Vitamin D both assumes too much and too little about the vitamin and its interactions in a complex biological system.
To start with, while sunlight does result in an increase of Vitamin D, that is not its only physiological effect on blood chemistry. This association has been well established, since sunlight has more effect on areas of the body with more capillaries closer to the surface of the skin.
It is also known that a breakdown product of Vitamin D is a blood acid with an erosive effect on the outer coatings of at least some major pathogenic viruses. Vitamin D has interactive effects on the body salts, especially Calcium, which in turn effects Sodium, Potassium, and Iodine levels, all of which have strong nervous system and hormonal effects.
So it is no surprise that just examining Vitamin D levels isn’t going to reveal much of anything. There are too many other variables at play.
A strong aura protects against many things. ;^)
Seratonin supplement helps with winter time blues.