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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.

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]