Mental stress, physical stress associations with low vitamin D - many studies

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Cortisol, Vitamin D, and Vitamin D Receptor

• Cortisol "Vitamin D Receptor" (7,800 Google search results Oct 2023)
• Cortisol uses Cholesterol needed to produce Vitamin D from the sun

Many diseases stress the body ==> consume vitamin D
No indication that mental stress is reduced by Vitamin D (other than Depression )
    perhaps stress ==> lower vitamin D ==> depression

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22+ VitaminDWiki pages have STRESS in the title

This list is automatically updated

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See also other stresses: VitaminDWiki

96 percent vitamin D deficient – destitute asylum seekers and refugees in London – Nov 2012
Overview Pain and Vitamin D
Cholesterol is needed to produce both Vitamin D and Cortisol

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See also web

• Impact of Vitamin D Deficiency on Mental Health in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study - Jul 2023, https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142097 FREE PDF
  • Among vitamin D-deficient students:
    • prevelance of depression 60%, stress 75%,
    • The odds of developing depression OR = 4.96, stress OR = 4.77
• Physical Activity, Sun Exposure, Vitamin D Intake and Perceived Stress in Italian Adults - May 2023 - https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15102301 FREE PDF
• Correlation of selected stress associated factors with vitamin D deficiency in Jordanian men and women - Nov 2022 - https://doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S198175 FREE PDF
• Vitamin D decreased stress response duration - RCT Oct 2020 https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12113258 PDF
  • Benefit from just 1,600 IU for 4 months
• Can stress spread like a virus? What animals tell us - Washington Post Oct 30,2022
  • Stress contagion, Nothing about Vitamin D
• Are stress and high cortisol depleting your vitamin D?
  Sept 2012 Natural News: Cortisol is a glucocorticoid hormone, all of which diminish Vitamin D Receptors
• Stress and vitamin D in chronically stressed rats Oct 2013
  CYP27B1. CYP24A1 and Vitamin D receptors were all affected by stress
• How Stress Makes You Sick
  Mercola Dec 2015 - no mention of Vitamin D

Note: this page ignores other stresses - associated with low vitamin D

• stress fractures
• oxidative stress
• stress incontinence

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