Brain Health and Mental Wellness
The Evidence Regarding The Role Of Vitamin D
Vitamin D is crucial for the optimum performance and protection of your brain.
In 2013 an international group of experts who formed a task group to study the evidence regarding the role of vitamin D in the mental health of humans concluded that vitamin D deficiency was a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia as people grew older, while also suggesting that vitamin D deficiency in utero as well as throughout life has serious long-lasting consequences for mental health(J Intern Med 2014;277:45-57).
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Vitamin D receptors are found in nearly all human organs – including multiple sites in the brain. Since vitamin D is a fat soluble neuro-steroid, it easily traverses the blood brain barrier to enter neuronal and other supportive cells and regulates several thousand genes responsible for up to 80 different metabolic processes including cellular growth and proliferation, differentiation, synaptic plasticity, calcium signalling, neurotrophic factor regulation, neurotransmission, neuroprotection and anti-inflammatory actions.
We are our brains! Living a full productive life, in our professional and personal lives is dependent on having a “good brain”. Protecting and enhancing our brain functioning should be our Number 1 priority. Fortunately, a lot of research is now revealing how multiple factors, not least among them your vitamin D levels, can impact and influence our mental health and brain functioning, or deterioration.
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Our organisation can guide and coach you in optimising your full brain potential by assessing and addressing all of the following factors:
