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  • Title: Vitamin D and depressive symptoms in women during the winter: a pilot study.
    Author: Shipowick CD, Moore CB, Corbett C, Bindler R.
    Journal: Appl Nurs Res; 2009 Aug; 22(3):221-5. PubMed ID: 19616172.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Research indicates that vitamin D supplementation may decrease depressive symptoms during the winter months. METHOD: In this study, nine women with serum vitamin D levels <40 ng/ml were administered the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)-II. After vitamin D3 supplementation, six of these women completed the BDI-II and had their serum vitamin D levels reassessed. RESULTS: Vitamin D supplementation was associated not only with an increase in the serum D levels by an average of 27 ng/ml but also with a decline in the BDI-II scores of an average of 10 points. DISCUSSION: This study suggests that supplemental vitamin D3 reduces depressive symptoms.
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