Vitamin C Elevates Mood of Hospital Patients

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http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/09/29/vitamin-c-elevates-emotional-state-of-acute-inpatients/18811.html

Vitamin C and mood — a new study suggests that there may be a link between the two in acute care hospital settings.

It is not uncommon for long-term hospitalizations to have an effect on the mood and outlook of patients. Research also suggests that as many as 20 percent of acute care patients suffer from vitamin C deficiencies.

“Earlier studies, both in our hospital and in other centers, demonstrated that the majority of acutely hospitalized patients have subnormal levels of vitamins C and D in their blood,” said Dr. L. John Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D, an investigator at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research.

To discover whether a relationship exists between vitamin C and mood, a team of researchers at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital and the affiliated Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research initiated a double-blind clinical trial of patients admitted to the hospital.

And the results revealed that vitamin C treatments administered to patients in these settings had a positive effect on overall outlook

[trotsky]

1. K&R for SCIENCE! n/t

[HereSince1628]

2. As long as my vitamins C and D come in milk chocolate covered

orange peels, I will be in a better mood!