I’m almost certainly deficient and I thought maybe it could improve my mood :/
Vitamin D helps if you are dealing with S.A.D (seasonal affective disorder). Basically, our brain gets to go into a state akin to hibernation. Unfortunately, modern life isn’t compatible with this. The effect is tiredness and low mood.
SAD seems to be triggered by low vitamin D, low exposure to sunlight, and the cold. The exact trigger levels vary from person to person.
If you’ve not tried it yet, a daylight lamp could help a lot, combined with the Vitamin D, it trucks the brain into thinking it’s still warm and bright outside. You want a hot in the morning, as well as one in the mid to late afternoon.
Failing that, accept your need to hibernate, and plan it in. It’s not ideal, but not fighting it will also help your mood.
SAD person speaking, supplements are not a replacement for Sunlight, I think the supplents do work.
But it’s missing other effects that direct & indirect sunlight has on your entire body.Vid D is synthesized in the skin by cholecalciferol & UVB light to create usable Vit D for immune, bone & calcium metabolism health.
If possible, walking in the forest/woods, really any green spaces due to reflective properties of the color @ 9-11am sunlight for max effect 20 mins daily.@droning_in_my_ears
MedCram has plenty of videos on the topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6hkCGb%5C_tE8Thanks, that was really interesting!
In NZ we’ve had a huge blast for a long time about the damage of the suns rays, particularly UBA and UVB so tend to be pretty careful about sunscreen - I wonder how that plays into it
Dermatologists are worried about cancers, buuuuuuuuuuuut the cancers have very low mortality rates, and the effects of not getting sun tend to be pretty drastic. I’ve got a lot of tattoos, so I keep them pretty well covered, but I am usually vit. D deficient as a result.
