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1: J Bone Miner Res. 2007 Dec;22 Suppl 2:V39-44.Click here to read Links

Vitamin D requirement during pregnancy and lactation.

Hollis BW.

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nutritional Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

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.

PMID: 18290720 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]