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Heart Patients Lacking Vitamin D More Likely
to be Depressed
(health.com)
People with heart disease and similar conditions who
don't have enough vitamin D are more likely to be
depressed than their counterparts with adequate levels
of the "sunshine vitamin," according to
a study presented at the annual meeting of the American
Heart Association in Orlando. This link seems to be
even stronger in the winter.
Vitamin D is called the sunshine vitamin because the
human body produces it only when exposed to sunlight
-- although it takes just 10 to 15 minutes a day to
make an adequate amount. Vitamin D, which helps the
bones better absorb calcium, is also added to multivitamins
and milk, and occurs naturally in fish.
A second study by the same team of researchers found
that people age 50 or older who lack vitamin D are
at a higher risk for heart disease and stroke, and
are more likely to die earlier than people the same
age who get adequate amounts of the vitamin.
At the American Heart Association's annual Scientific
Sessions meeting, more than 20,000 cardiologists and
other physicians from around the country give presentations
on new research and on advances in the diagnosis and
treatment of heart disease and stroke.
These studies add to the mounting evidence about
the dangers of vitamin D deficiency and may also shed
light on the connection between depression and cardiovascular
disease (which includes any disease caused by clogged
arteries, including heart disease).
Depression and diseases of the arteries -- both have
been associated with vitamin D deficiency in the past
-- tend to occur together, says Heidi May, Ph.D.,
an epidemiologist with the Intermountain Medical Center
at the University of Utah, in Murray, who participated
in both studies.
"It is known that during the last century, the
prevalence of depression has increased, and, more
recently, that vitamin D deficiency has increased,"
May says. "It is well-known that depression is
associated with cardiovascular disease and events."
This research, she adds, "is trying to elucidate
whether vitamin D deficiency is associated with depression
and may be contributing to this increase in cardiovascular
disease and events."
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