четвер, 29 червня 2017 р.

Lack of vitamin D threatens schizophrenia

 Lack of vitamin D threatens schizophrenia  If there is a shortage of the infant vitamin D, the risk of schizophrenia in their grows twice. That is the conclusion reached by researchers.

Scientists at the Queensland Brain Institute in used small blood taken within the traditional diagnostic newborns in Denmark. They compared the concentration vitamin D   children subsequently infected schizophrenia , With healthy babies. It was found that low levels of this vitamin more than doubles the risk of developing severe mental disorders.

Vitamin D Which is often referred to as "hormone sunlight" falls within our body, for the most part due to sunlight through the skin. Another rich source of this vitamin is fish. It has long been known that Vitamin D   important for bone health, but scientists from Queensland have also discovered that this vitamin plays an important role in the growth of a healthy brain.

Meanwhile, the low level vitamin D   uncommon in children in many countries. Previously, scientists have also found that most patients   schizophrenia   born in the winter - just as most scarce sunlight. "Although we need to confirm our finding in other studies, we can already assume that science should consider raising vitamin D in pregnant women and infants, as this reduces the risk of Schizophrenia "- Said study author Professor John McGrath. The results of his three-year observations were today published in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry.



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