Fatigue, one of the most common complaints in modern daily life, negatively affects work performance, family life, and social relationships. While it can occur as a result of certain medical conditions, in around one third of cases no specific cause is ever identified. As a result, physical exercise and cognitive behavior therapy remain the most frequent therapeutic approaches recommended by physicians. Looking at the problem from a different angle, a 2023 review examined 60 studies and found that nutrients including CoQ10, L-carnitine, zinc, and certain vitamins can have significant beneficial effects towards reducing fatigue in healthy individuals as well as those with chronic illnesses.
Millions of people live with pain that never really goes away. But in a significant finding, new research suggests that undiagnosed vitamin and mineral deficiencies could be partly to blame. In what has been described as one of the largest studies of its kind, scientists found that people with low levels of certain micronutrients, such as vitamin D, vitamin B12, folate, magnesium, and vitamin C, are more likely to suffer from long-lasting, sometimes severe, chronic pain. The findings offer hope that dietary changes and supplements could potentially reduce such pain and the resulting dependence on pharmaceutical drugs.
A major new systematic review has added to the growing evidence that vitamin D may play a key role in the prevention and management of multiple sclerosis (MS). After examining data from 62 scientific studies, researchers found that people with MS generally have significantly lower vitamin D levels than healthy people, and that lower levels are linked to a greater risk of developing the disease and to more severe disability. The review also found that higher-dose vitamin D supplementation may help reduce relapses in some patients. These findings strengthen the case that doctors and patients need to be made more aware of the potential importance of vitamin D and other micronutrients in controlling MS.
