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Vitamin D Requirement During Pregnancy and Lactation

Author(s) -

Hollis Bruce W

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of bone and mineral research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.882

H-Index - 241

eISSN - 1523-4681

pISSN - 0884-0431

DOI - 10.1359/jbmr.07s215

Subject(s) - lactation , pregnancy , medicine , vitamin , physiology , dietary reference intake , vitamin d and neurology , obstetrics , current (fluid) , endocrinology , biology , nutrient , physics , ecology , genetics , thermodynamics

The current recommended dietary requirement for vitamin D intake (200 IU/d) during pregnancy and lactation is based on little, if any, scientific evidence, and as a result is clinically irrelevant with respect to maintaining nutritional vitamin D status during these demanding human conditions. Current research has shown that the actual dietary requirement during pregnancy and lactation may actually be as high as 6000 IU/d. Current data on which these new recommendations could be based are presented.

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