Therese Borchard over at Beyond Blue has taken a look at how Vitamin D deficiencies — which many of us have these days — can impact mental health.

She writes that, according to the Vitamin D Council's website, there is epidemiological evidence that associates vitamin D deficiency with mental illness. Two small reports studied the association of low 25(OH)D levels with mental illness and both were positive. Additionally, depression has significant co-morbidity with illnesses associated with hypovitaminosis D such as osteoporosis, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.

For Therese's full story on vitamin D, click the link above.

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