You can’t really claim this without head to head trials comparing antidepressants with vitamin supplementation. There are too many variables that could differ between studies for it to be meaningful. The author also neglected to mention that the largest trial to date (VITAL-DEP) showed no difference over 5.3 years in depression with 2000 IU/day vitamin D supppementation. So while there may be something to this, more research is definitely needed.
I will put in a plug for iron deficiency as a contributor to depression though, which has much stronger evidence behind it. The medical community is just starting to come to grips with just how common it is, particularly in younger women.
You can’t really claim this without head to head trials comparing antidepressants with vitamin supplementation. There are too many variables that could differ between studies for it to be meaningful. The author also neglected to mention that the largest trial to date (VITAL-DEP) showed no difference over 5.3 years in depression with 2000 IU/day vitamin D supppementation. So while there may be something to this, more research is definitely needed.
I will put in a plug for iron deficiency as a contributor to depression though, which has much stronger evidence behind it. The medical community is just starting to come to grips with just how common it is, particularly in younger women.
https://ashpublications.org/hematology/article/2023/1/617/506479/Sex-lies-and-iron-deficiency-a-call-to-change