Rhonda Patrick· PhD
High-dose vitamin D supplementation (4,000 IU) improved visual memory but low-dose vitamin D (400 IU) did not.
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High-dose vitamin D supplementation (4,000 IU) improved visual memory but low-dose vitamin D (400 IU) did not.
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So I think there is certainly a lot of evidence associative studies and also there's some randomized-control trials that really does point to the fact that vitamin D is regulating the aging process.
there's also evidence from randomized controlled trials that supplementing with vitamin D can actually improve cognitive function.