Gregory Chandler, Attorney at Law, on Vitamin D and Brain Function

By Gregory Chandler In a mental health study, doctors measured blood levels of vitamin D and mental function in 752 similar, relatively healthy women, aged at least 75. The researchers separated the women into two groups; those with low vitamin D--less than 10 nanograms of vitamin D per milliliter (ng per ml) of blood--and those with 10 or more ng per ml. The women in the higher vitamin D group were half as likely to have impaired mental function as were women with lower levels of vitamin D. GREGORY CHANDLER, Attorney at Law