Post by Ava on Mar 19, 2018 13:33:23 GMT
Last month I started taking somewhat high doses of Vitamin D on a regular basis.
Around the same time, I was getting more.....um, sexually receptive. Higher libido. I started feeling like I did when I was younger. Sorry to overshare, but I pay really close attention to any changes in my body. My diet is fairly monotonous so if I am suddenly different, I look for the cause.
I had no idea Vitamin D could have that effect, I was only taking it to boost immunity.
But sure enough, now I learn:
From another angle:
nutritionreview.org/2016/10/new-study-uncovers-unexpected-antiaging-benefits-of-vitamin-d/
Around the same time, I was getting more.....um, sexually receptive. Higher libido. I started feeling like I did when I was younger. Sorry to overshare, but I pay really close attention to any changes in my body. My diet is fairly monotonous so if I am suddenly different, I look for the cause.
I had no idea Vitamin D could have that effect, I was only taking it to boost immunity.
But sure enough, now I learn:
The Benefits of Vitamin D – Why It’s the Sexiest Vitamin Around
Have you been getting enough D? Among other things, Vitamin D impacts your sex hormones and your mood, which, if you’re like most people, you definitely want working as well as possible!
Vitamin D is so important, it’s one of my top six biohacks.
Vitamin D deficiency can cause low estrogen in women, which means low sex drive. It also causes low testosterone in men. So if you tend to feel more frisky during the summer than the winter, there’s a very good reason for it – increased vitamin D causes your hormones, and your libido, to peak during summer months. Studies have shown that men with adequate vitamin D – 30.0 mcg/L or more – have significantly more testosterone than men whose vitamin D levels fall from 20.0-29.9 mcg/L.
Testosterone and estrogen levels don’t just affect sex drive; they also have huge impacts on your mood. Low testosterone can cause depression, anxiety, and irritability.
Similarly, estrogen helps boost serotonin and GABA, critical neurotransmitters, which help keep you calm and happy.
Vitamin D also has other, more direct, effects on your mood. Vitamin D activates the genes that release dopamine and serotonin. The lack of these neurotransmitters is commonly linked to depression.
This connection might help explain Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD (convenient acronym, right?). People tend to assume that SAD is caused by the gloomy darkness of the short winter days, but in fact, those short days and more time indoors doesn’t just mean darker skies; it also means you’re getting less vitamin D, and therefore less dopamine and serotonin. It’s good to ramp up your vitamin D supplementation during the winter.
Even though there are all these benefits to adequate vitamin D levels – and there are plenty more – an estimated 77 percent of Americans don’t get enough of it. This makes sense, since we are basically giant hairless apes, and we are supposed to get our vitamin D from our entire body being exposed to the sun for most of the day, every day, causing endogenous vitamin D to be formed under our skin. Since we wear clothes, spend way too much time inside, and constantly slather on sunscreen when we go to the beach, we get only a tiny fraction of the vitamin D we need.
Read more:
www.saragottfriedmd.com/the-benefits-of-vitamin-d-why-its-the-sexiest-vitamin-around/
Have you been getting enough D? Among other things, Vitamin D impacts your sex hormones and your mood, which, if you’re like most people, you definitely want working as well as possible!
Vitamin D is so important, it’s one of my top six biohacks.
Vitamin D deficiency can cause low estrogen in women, which means low sex drive. It also causes low testosterone in men. So if you tend to feel more frisky during the summer than the winter, there’s a very good reason for it – increased vitamin D causes your hormones, and your libido, to peak during summer months. Studies have shown that men with adequate vitamin D – 30.0 mcg/L or more – have significantly more testosterone than men whose vitamin D levels fall from 20.0-29.9 mcg/L.
Testosterone and estrogen levels don’t just affect sex drive; they also have huge impacts on your mood. Low testosterone can cause depression, anxiety, and irritability.
Similarly, estrogen helps boost serotonin and GABA, critical neurotransmitters, which help keep you calm and happy.
Vitamin D also has other, more direct, effects on your mood. Vitamin D activates the genes that release dopamine and serotonin. The lack of these neurotransmitters is commonly linked to depression.
This connection might help explain Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD (convenient acronym, right?). People tend to assume that SAD is caused by the gloomy darkness of the short winter days, but in fact, those short days and more time indoors doesn’t just mean darker skies; it also means you’re getting less vitamin D, and therefore less dopamine and serotonin. It’s good to ramp up your vitamin D supplementation during the winter.
Even though there are all these benefits to adequate vitamin D levels – and there are plenty more – an estimated 77 percent of Americans don’t get enough of it. This makes sense, since we are basically giant hairless apes, and we are supposed to get our vitamin D from our entire body being exposed to the sun for most of the day, every day, causing endogenous vitamin D to be formed under our skin. Since we wear clothes, spend way too much time inside, and constantly slather on sunscreen when we go to the beach, we get only a tiny fraction of the vitamin D we need.
Read more:
www.saragottfriedmd.com/the-benefits-of-vitamin-d-why-its-the-sexiest-vitamin-around/
From another angle:
nutritionreview.org/2016/10/new-study-uncovers-unexpected-antiaging-benefits-of-vitamin-d/