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Can Anxiety and Depression Be Treated with Vitamin D
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Yes! However, anxiety was only treated
after given Vitamin D supplements.
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Mental Illnesses
Anxiety and depression are the most common
mental illnesses in the world.
About 280 million people live with depression
and 301 million people live with an anxiety
disorder.
What is Vitamin D?
Vitamin D is an essential vitamin your tamin D deficiency is one of the most
body needs for maintaining bone common nutritional deficiencies in the
health and supporting your immune world. About 1 billion people have vitamir
system:
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Vitamin D can be obtained from sun
exposure, eating certain foods, or
supplements
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vitamin D from sun
our body not properly
The Effects of Vitamin D Deficiency
The signs and symptoms of vitamin D deficiency often include mood changes,
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Vitamin D deficiency has an impact on mood disorders.
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An experiment done on depressive patients with Vitamin D deficiency tested the idea if
introducing Vitamin D supplements could relieve symptoms of depression and anxiety.
158 patients equally divided into Scale tests were The final results after
the experimental group and conducted at Ist month, sixth months later.
control group. rd month, and 6th
month.
Measured the severity of depression and anxiety
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individuals show decline in
anxiety symptoms after six
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Anxiety Symptoms were Treated After Given Vitamin D
Supplements
Depressive individuals who have anxiety
and Vitamin D deficiency were relieved
of anxiety symptoms.
Consider consulting your doctor about Vitamin D supplements!
Works Cited
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‘Cleveland Ginie medical professional, 2 Aug, 2022, my.clevelandcinicorgheal
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Zhu, Cuizhen, etal. Vitamin D supplementation improves anxiety but not depression
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