One thing you can do to slow down brain aging, it’s easy.

In this study the researchers examined structural MRI data and vitamin D levels in 1,865 people from the general population (Terock J, et.al., 2022).

They investigated whether low vitamin D levels were associated with imaging patterns of brain aging, gray matter volumes, whole brain volumes and hippocampus volumes.

Vitamin D deficiency was significantly associated with increased brain age. They found that vitamin D levels were significantly associated with total brain and gray matter volumes.

The researchers suggested that vitamin D has neuroprotective effects on the brain.

This should be easy. Just have your vitamin D levels tested and take enough vitamin D to prevent deficiencies. Ideally you should have vitamin D levels between 50-60 ng/ml.

Reference

Jan Terock, Sarah Bonk, Stefan Frenzel, Katharina Wittfeld, Linda Garvert, Norbert Hosten, Matthias Nauck, Henry Völzke, Sandra Van der Auwera, Hans Joergen Grabe, Vitamin D deficit is associated with accelerated brain aging in the general population, Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2022 Oct 19;327:111558.

 

Vitamin D contains Vitamin D3 the most bioactive form of supplemental vitamin D. Vitamin D is important for both bone formation and immune function.

Observational studies suggest that low levels of this vitamin can be associated with an increased risk of dying from conditions such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes