Study Links Vitamin D Deficiency to Global Epidemic of Sleep Disorders

Oct. 30, 2012 - PRLog -- Vitamin D is known as the "Sunshine Vitamin" because spending time outdoors in the sun is known to increase vitamin D in the body via the skin.  Our ancestors spent a considerable amount of their time outdoors, but for the first time in history, large amounts of the world population spend most of their time inside their offices and homes.  Researchers at the East Texas Medical Center and the University of North Carolina have discovered a definite link between vitamin D deficiency and the current global epidemic of sleep disorders over the last few decades.  

Rapid eye movement sleep (REM) is one of the deepest levels of sleep.  It is the level in which dreaming occurs, and is related to good memory and learning.  Some of the types of sleep disorders include reduced or absent REM sleep, sleep apnea - which involves interrupted breathing or snoring during the night, narcolepsy - which causes people to fall asleep throughout the daytime, insomnia from hormone fluctuations such as with menstruation or menopause, REM-related sleep apnea, and restless leg syndrome.

The results of the clinical trial of vitamin D supplementation was published in a recent issue of the journal "Medical Hypothesis".  The researchers followed 1500 patients over a 2 year period.  A consistent level of vitamin D3 was maintained in their blood over many months.  This produced normal sleep in most of the participants, regardless of their type of sleep disorder. This suggests that many types of insomnia may share the same cause.  During the research, the authors discovered the presence of high concentrations of vitamin D "receiving sites" or "receptors" in those areas of the brain that are related to the onset and maintenance of sleep.

Calcium is also directly related to our cycles of sleep.  In one study published in the European Neurology Journal, researchers found that calcium levels in the body are higher during the rapid eye movement (REM) phase.  This study concluded that disturbances in sleep, especially the absence of REM deep sleep or disturbed REM sleep, are related to a calcium deficiency. Restoration to the normal course of sleep was achieved following the normalization of the blood calcium level.

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The authors from the vitamin D study note that sleep disorders have played a role in the development of medical conditions such as hypertension, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, depression, and chronic pain -- all of which have become widespread similarly to insomnia. The authors suggest further research on the management of vitamin D levels in a variety of medical conditions related to sleep.

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