December 9, 2013 8:50 — 1 Comment
Study: Low Vitamin D Levels Cause Brain Damage
Low levels of vitamin D have already been associated with Alzheimer’s disease, and also linked to the development of certain cancers and heart disease. A new report published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine suggests another reason to ensure sufficient intake of this essential nutrient: Vitamin D deficiency can cause damage to the brain. In the study led by University of Kentucky researchers, rats that were fed a diet low in vitamin D for several months developed free radical damage to the brain, and many different brain proteins were damaged. Moreover, the rats demonstrated significant decreases in cognitive performance on tests of learning and memory. Click here to read the full article.
In the last past years, I had randomly measured vit. D in adult patients with glioblastoma multiforme (n= +/- 22 ), a few patients with degenerative spinal diseases and few with multiple sclerosis. Independently of the season of the year, all patients had very low level of vitamin D. Deficiency of this vitamin might be one of factors leading to malignant brain tumors. Unfortunately I have not found a definitive response to the question concerning malignant gliomas in the literature.
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