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Vitamin D levels affect state of mind, and if you're coding through the night and sleeping through the day, you're probably low on Vit D levels - or rather, you
by adrianwaj 15y ago
Vitamin D levels affect state of mind, and if you're coding through the night and sleeping through the day, you're probably low on Vit D levels - or rather, you could be a lot higher if you wanted to.
- robg 15y agoI used to get Seasonal Affective Disorder every year around this time. Since starting on Vitamin D, the symptoms have yet to return. It's also improved my sleep patterns.
- matthewcford 15y agoMe too, bought a SAD light or a happy light as I like to call it. Seems to help in the British winters.
- pjscott 15y agoThere was a double-blind study which showed very significant improvements in healthy college students' self-reported cheerfulness when they took >=400 IU of vitamin D in the winter. The results were surprisingly strong: http://www.springerlink.com/content/padt0xj3xk26llh3/ http://www.springerlink.com/content/padt0xj3xk26llh3/ So, I would say that taking vitamin D in the winters is a good idea.
- lupatus 15y agoI commented above that low cholesterol is a risk for suicide as well. [1] A diet of Red Bull and Doritos contains very little of the healthy fats that your body needs. [1]http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201103/low-cholesterol-and-suicide http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/...