| Black Americans are more likely than whites | | | | significantly improve a person's mood. |
| to suffer severe, untreated and disabling | | | | Depression has been linked to deficiencies of |
| depression, U.S. research shows. | | | | vitamin B6 in the body. |
| | | | |
| As reported elsewhere, researchers at the | | | | B vitamins for an inability to concentrate |
| Harvard School of Public Health analyzed | | | | and make decisions: |
| data on 6,082 people who took part in a | | | | |
| national survey conducted between 2001 and | | | | Depression has also been linked with anemia, |
| 2003. | | | | and inability to concentrate, coupled with a |
| | | | feeling of tiredness, is consistent with a |
| They found that 17.9 percent of white | | | | low red-blood cell count. Vitamin B12 can be |
| Americans had depression at some point in | | | | used as a depression treatment because it |
| their lives, compared with 10.4 percent of | | | | helps in producing and maintaining red blood |
| blacks of African descent and 12.9 percent | | | | cells responsible in oxygen transportation |
| of blacks of West Indian or Caribbean | | | | in body, controlling mood swings. |
| descent. | | | | |
| | | | B vitamins for feelings of fearfulness and |
| In addition, relative to whites, both black | | | | anxiety: |
| groups were more likely to rate their major | | | | |
| depressive disorder as severe or very severe | | | | Studies have shown that low levels of folic |
| and more disabling, the researchers reported | | | | acid, or vitamin B9, can cause depression. |
| in the March issue of the Archives of General | | | | Folic acid makes an effective depression |
| Psychiatry. It also appears that most | | | | treatment because it clears stress hormones |
| Caribbean blacks diagnosed with depression | | | | from the liver, reducing feelings of anxiety. |
| do not receive adequate treatment. | | | | |
| | | | B vitamins for mood swings: |
| So what can be done? If people aren't | | | | |
| receiving the right medication for their | | | | A double-blind study conducted on women |
| depression, then taking natural vitamin | | | | showed that vitamin B6 treatment for |
| supplements can help in both the prevention | | | | depression can bring emotional stability and |
| and treatment of depression. | | | | hormonal balance. Supplements of vitamin B6 |
| | | | can help women get rid of their post |
| Supplements Useful in Depression Treatment: | | | | menopause anxiety and depression. Folic acid |
| | | | is also important for the proper functioning |
| Vitamin D | | | | of the brain and the maintenance of |
| | | | emotional stability. |
| Vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin, is found | | | | |
| in food, but also can be made in the body | | | | DHEA |
| with the help of sunlight. The liver and | | | | |
| kidney help convert Vitamin D into its | | | | DHEA, (Dehydroepiandrosterone) is a hormone |
| active hormone form, calcitrol. The main | | | | produced in the adrenal glands. It can also |
| function of Vitamin D is to maintain normal | | | | be manufactured by the gonads (ovaries for |
| blood levels of calcium and phosphorus, and | | | | women; testes for men) when the adrenal |
| maintain strong bones. However, it can also | | | | gland is under stress. DHEA regulates the |
| play an important role in treating | | | | thyroid and pituitary glands besides |
| depression. | | | | exerting a powerful impact on the entire body |
| | | | by keeping up the physical and mental |
| Supplementation of Vitamin D has been found | | | | balance of the body. |
| to help patients suffering from depression | | | | |
| and improve their condition. | | | | Usually the level of DHEA hormone is at peak |
| | | | at the age of 25, after that, it starts |
| B Vitamins | | | | decreasing at the rate of about 2% per year. |
| | | | Generally by the age of 40 its secretion |
| Any natural depression treatment must be | | | | declines considerably and you the effects of |
| able to target each one of the symptoms of | | | | lower DHEA may be felt. DHEA hormone also |
| depression and reduce them in the patient. | | | | declines rapidly when the body is suffering |
| This is where B vitamins come in, as their | | | | from disease. More importantly, if the body |
| wide-ranging properties can effectively deal | | | | is put under stress for long periods of time |
| with all signs of depression. | | | | then DHEA production can drop considerably - |
| | | | leading to fatigue, lowered energy levels, |
| B vitamins for feelings of sadness and | | | | and anxiety depression. It is this connection |
| dejection: | | | | between DHEA deficiency and anxiety |
| | | | depression that has led people to believe |
| Pyridoxine, or vitamin B6, is an essential | | | | that DHEA can be an effective active anti |
| component in the production of SAM-e, a | | | | depression treatment. |
| "feel-good" neurotransmitter that can | | | | |