Monicccaalmost 2 years ago

Why A Lack Of Vitamin D Is So Bad For The Brain

If you want to convince your boss to send you somewhere warm in winter, we may have the answer if you promise to sunbathe. Lack of vitamin D, caused by insufficient exposure to sunlight, can affect the brain in many ways, none of them likely to improve your work performance. Even among relatively healthy older people, vitamin D deficiency has been linked to reduced memory and cognition. Meanwhile, evidence for an association with mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, keeps growing. Now, neuroscientists may have found a likely mechanism. Read full article...