Washington: A new study showed that high quantity of vitamin D does not necessarily boost brainpower of teenagers, resulting in better academic performance.
Researches conducted earlier connected higher levels of vitamin D to better brain performance in adults.
The researchers conducting the study wanted to find out if the vitamin had same effect on children and what impact different vitamins might have.
Nearly 3000 children were checked for the vitamin D3 and D2 levels in their body when they were nine years old.
All the children were part of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), which is keeping in check the long-term health of a large group of children born in the early 1990s.
The children’s academic performance in different subjects was then assessed between the ages of 13 and 14, and again between the ages of 15 and 16 in terms of grades obtained in GCSE exams.
Higher vitamin D3 levels were more common among children from richer families, while higher levels of vitamin D2 were more common among the children from mediocre background.
Their results showed that vitamin D3 levels were not associated with better academic achievement.
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