Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Its roles include clearing amyloid beta plaques and tau buildup, boosting neuron survival via neurotrophic factors like BDNF, and enhancing brain connectivity, particularly when paired with exercise.
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Its roles include clearing amyloid beta plaques and tau buildup, boosting neuron survival via neurotrophic factors like BDNF, and enhancing brain connectivity, particularly when paired with exercise.
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Vitamin D also upregulates a variety of neurotrophic factors including nerve growth factor and um also brain drive neurotrphic factors. So this is helping support neurotransmitters, supporting learning and memory.
So vitamin D can enhance the removal of amalloid beta. This is a protein that's linked to Alzheimer's disease by promoting its elux from the brain. Now I mentioned in that study it was a randomized control trial in people that were giving an 800 IUs of vitamin D a day. People that already had Alzheimer's disease. It lowered their amaloid beta plaque burden.