3 Ways Music Boosts Your Vitamin D

When the season changes to less sunlight, that also means less opportunities for making vitamin D in your body.

Why does this matter? Many illnesses and conditions can show up when there’s not enough vitamin D.  This includes conditions that impact your brain.

While vitamin D is known for helping grow strong bones, having low levels of vitamin D in your body can increase the risk of Stroke which blocks blood supply to your brain.

A study from 2022 found that having low amounts of vitamin D increased risk for Dementia and Stroke for at least 11 years.  Other studies have found an association between low vitamin D levels and increased risk for memory loss, poor decision making, and slower thinking speed.

But if you improve your vitamin D levels, studies have shown delay to memory loss and reduced development of Alzheimer’s. By increasing your vitamin D levels, you are more efficient in removing the amyloid plaque that clogs up your brain, which is known to lead to Alzheimer’s.

Of course, you can add more vitamin D through your diet, but the question is Does your body absorb it?  

This is where music helps out. Music helps to improve absorption of nutrients, increase levels of Magnesium, and improve endurance of activities that increase your body’s Vitamin D level.

How does music help improve nutrient absorption? By reducing stress signals in your body. Whenever your body has ongoing stress signals, proper digesting of food can not happen. And when you’re not digesting well, you’re not receiving nutrients well. That means you have a harder time absorbing and making vitamin D in your body.

You might assume that increasing vitamin D means you just have to take more vitamin D, but it requires a little more effort than that. When you add Magnesium to the equation, it helps to ACTIVATE the vitamin D in your body. Without activation, there is no working vitamin circulating your body. And research shows that music can increase your Magnesium levels.

If you’re ever lacking motivation for activities, you might have noticed that playing music makes an activity more bearable. Studies show that your endurance of how long you can keep exercising INCREASES more with music. Not only do you end up exercising longer without being as tired, but exercise itself has been shown to help produce MORE vitamin D.

So the next time you’re feeling unmotivated or forgetful, add a little music!

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