Linked to Schizophrenia, Easy-to-Fix Nutrient Deficiency

Children who were vitamin D deficient at birth had a 44 percent increased risk of developing schizophrenia as adults.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Schizophrenia has a physiological basis, beginning with improperly distributed neural progenitor cells in the developing brain. As a result, few mature neurons appear in the cortex — an area associated with memory, attention and processing of language — in the schizophrenic brain

• There is a lifelong impact for children born of vitamin D …