CNN (8/4, Hunt) reports, “Some researchers had thought insufficient levels of vitamin D may play a role in depression but the findings of a large study of more than 18,000 US adults ages 50 years or older published” Aug. 4 in JAMA “has found no evidence of that impact.” For the study, “half of the adults, who had no clinically relevant depressive symptoms at the start of the study, took vitamin D3 (one of two types of Vitamin D supplements) in the amount of 2000IU per day, more than the current recommended amount in the United States,” while the “other half took a placebo.” Investigators tracked participants “for 5.3 years on average.”
Also providing similar coverage are MedPage Today (8/4, Hlavinka), HealthDay (8/4, Reinberg), and Psychiatric News (8/4).
Related Links:
— “Vitamin D doesn’t prevent depression in older adults, large study finds, “Katie Hunt, CNN, August 4, 2020