01/17/2018
Does the winter weather, lack of sunshine, make you feel sluggish? Are you noticing mood changes within family members or your kids???
New research published in The FASEB Journal argues that vitamin D along with omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), are important for serotonin synthesis, release, and function in the brain. It also suggests that vitamin D and omega-3s could work together to improve cognitive function and social behavior with particular relevance to overall mental health.
In other words, all three nutrients working together may boost your mood and promote mental wellness.
Nice. Who couldn’t use a mood boost and greater mental wellness?
The research shows one more instance of the scientific community recognizing how vital vitamin D, and EPA and DHA from fish oil are to keeping your brain healthy and happy – and how taking them together may support your brain function and mental well-being in a powerful way.
Clinical neuroscientist, board-certified psychiatrist, brain imaging expert and Amen Clinics founder Dr. Daniel G. Amen, has recommended for years that most everyone get up to 3 grams of fish oil per day and at least 2,000 IUs of vitamin D to boost brainpower, mood and other mental wellness.
Dr. Amen typically makes this recommendation because most Americans are extremely deficient in both vitamin D and omega-3s – nutrients critical to brain and body health.
Unless you are actively seeking to bolster your vitamin D and omega-3 intake, chances are strong that you are not getting enough either.
The research study reports that 70% of all adults and 67% of children, aged 1-11, do not have adequate levels of vitamin D. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health previously suggested that having low levels of omega-3 fatty acids is a leading preventable cause of cardiovascular problems and problems with attention, memory, self-control and self-harm!
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The research supporting the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D is overwhelming.