常晒太阳有助于获得好心情

Are sunny skies overhead the key to a sunny disposition? New research from the United Arab Emirates shows a strong link between positive moods and time spent outdoors in sunlight。

我们头顶的晴空是否能助我们获得一个阳光的心情？阿联酋最近的一项研究给出了肯定的回答，正能量与多晒太阳有着很大的关系呢。

"This is just a pilot study and we need larger sample size but we found that behavioral change is associated with mood change and vitamin D status," study co-author Dr. Fatme Al Anouti, an assistant professor in Zayed University's college of sustainability sciences and humanities, told The Huffington Post in an email. "So participants who adopted a more outdoor lifestyle got better in terms of mood and vitamin D status."

“这只是初次研究，我们需要更大的样本。不过我们的确发现心情变化与体内维生素D的含量有关。”本项研究的作者之一 Dr. Fatme Al Anouti 说，他是萨义德大学可持续性自然与人文学院的教授。Dr. Fatme Al Anouti 在一封 email 中告知赫芬顿邮报，“研究参与者中，热衷户外运动的人心情比较好，维生素D的含量也更高。”

For the study, researchers identified 20 individuals with depressive symptoms and low blood levels of vitamin D from a group of more than 100 people. Some of these individuals were encouraged to spend more time in the sun for seven weeks while others were encouraged simply to see a doctor, Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National reported。

根据总部在阿布扎比的 The National 报报道，在这项调查中，调查者从100名参与者中选出了20名有抑郁症状和维生素D含量较低的人。这20人中，一部分鼓励他们在未来的七个星期里多晒太阳，另一部分则只让他们去看医生。

What did the researchers find? The individuals who were encouraged to get more sun "showed less symptoms of depression," Dr. Al Anouti told The National. "In this study we showed that if you improve your vitamin D level, you will improve your mood."

研究者们发现了什么呢？那些被鼓励多晒太阳的人“表现出更少的抑郁症状，” Dr. Al Anouti told 告诉 The National 报纸，“这项研究表明如果你提高体内维生素D的含量，你的心情就会变好。”

Psychologist Dr. Michael Terman, professor at Columbia University and author of the book "Reset Your Inner Clock," told The Huffington Post in an email that this new research implies the antidepressant benefit comes from exposure to ultraviolet rays that act on the skin to stimulate vitamin D production。