Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood behavioral disorder. Children with ADHD are hyperactive, impulsive and have difficulty focusing on tasks. A new study suggests that there is a correlation between ADHD and mothers who took vitamin D supplements during pregnancy. Children born to mothers with high levels of vitamin D in the umbilical blood had fewer symptoms of ADHD at 2 ½ years old.
Vitamins are important for daily living. Did you vitamin D may be essential when pregnant?
Study suggests possible connection between ADHD and vitamin D.
ADHD is neurologically based, meaning it involves the functioning of the brain and nervous system. A link between vitamin D and early ADHD had not been previously described, and thus the study has attracted much attention. However, previous studies have identified vitamin D as playing an important role in brain development. Additional research is planned to determine the long-term impacts of prenatal vitamin D levels on ADHD.
We had an idea about it,” says Aaby, “but we cannot say with certainty that vitamin D protects against early symptoms of ADHD. Our study only indicates that there is a link that we cannot explain in any other way.
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- Fewer children have developed ADHD when a mother during pregnancy takes Vitamin D.
- The study doesn’t show how Vitamin D correlates to ADHD prevention but it does indicate in numbers a correlation.
- This study has never been done before and hence it is attracting a lot of attention for the correlation.
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