Healio (4/12, Bascom) reports, “Though popular dietary interventions that include polyunsaturated fatty acids, or PUFAs, and elemental metals do not seem to alleviate perinatal depression, vitamin D may be promising in this regard,” investigators concluded in a 36-study, 7,010-participant systematic review and meta-analysis, the findings of which were published online April 3 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In particular, “vitamin D taken in daily doses of 1,800 to 3,500 international units offered small to medium effect size improvements for postpartum depression,” but “further research is needed to assess causal interactions of dietary interactions on perinatal anxiety or depression.”
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— “Vitamin D may be effective treatment for perinatal depression “Emma Bascom, Healio, April 12, 2023