{"id":13975,"date":"2013-12-06T04:00:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=13975"},"modified":"2013-12-05T13:50:09","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T18:50:09","slug":"d-deficiency-may-damage-the-brain-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/d-deficiency-may-damage-the-brain-study\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018D\u2019 Deficiency May Damage the Brain: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inadequate vitamin D levels can lead to brain damage, new research from the University of Kentucky suggests.<\/p>\n<p>The study, published in <i>Free Radical Biology and Medicine<\/i>, found rats that were fed a diet low in vitamin D suffered free radical damage to the brain and showed a significant decrease in cognitive performace on learning and memory test.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdequate vitamin D serum levels are necessary to prevent free radical damage in brain and subsequent deleterious consequences,&#8221; lead author Allan Butterfield said in a <a href=\"http:\/\/uknow.uky.edu\/content\/new-uk-study-suggests-low-vitamin-d-causes-damage-brain\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a> from the University of Kentucky,<\/p>\n<p>Butterfield recommends getting at least 10 to 15 minutes of sun exposure daily to keep vitamin D levels in the appropriate range, according to the press release.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>SmartTan.com news articles regularly report medical and scientific information to keep you abreast of current events related to UV light. This information is not intended to be used by any party to make unwarranted health claims to promote sunbed usage. Indoor tanning businesses are obligated to communicate a fair and balanced message to all clients about your products and services including the potential risks associated with indoor tanning. Contact your Smart Tan representative to find out more about what you can and can\u2019t say in your tanning salon business.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a9 2013 International Smart Tan Network. All rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inadequate vitamin D levels can lead to brain damage, new research from the University of Kentucky suggests. The study, published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine, found rats that were fed a diet low in vitamin D suffered free radical damage to the brain and showed a significant decrease in cognitive performace on learning and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018D\u2019 Deficiency May Damage the Brain: Study - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Inadequate vitamin D levels can lead to brain damage, new research from the University of Kentucky suggests.  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