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http://www.cholecalciferol-council.com/pregnancy_and_lactation.htm
<<Pregnancy and Lactation
One of the great mysteries in human biology is the fact that most human
breast milk is deficient in vitamin D. How could Nature overlook such
an important nutrient in the "perfect food." One possibility is that
most human breast milk is deficient in vitamin D because most mothers
are deficient in vitamin D.
Two very important papers are soon to be published by Dr. Bruce Hollis'
group from the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, at the
Medical University of South Carolina. Both papers support the concept
of widespread deficiencies in pregnant women, especially Black women,
and both papers call for drastic upward revisions of maternal vitamin D
supplementation.
One of the papers, currently in press, discovered that pregnant women
need 4,000 IU a day of vitamin D to maintain both their own vitamin D
levels and that of their infants. 2,000 IU a day did not suffice.
4,000 IU a day is ten times the amount recommended by the Food and
Nutrition Board!
A Reevaluation of Dietary Requirements of Vitamin D During Pregnancy and
Lactation; Hollis BW, Wagner CL; submitted for publication, Amer. J.
Clin. Nutr.
Maternal vitamin D supplementation during lactation: A viable
alternative to infant supplementation; Wagner CL, Howard CR, Lawrence
RA, Fanning D, Hollis BW; Pediatr. Res, 2003, in press
Hypovitaminosis D and vitamin D deficiency in exclusively breast-feeding
infants and their mothers in summer: a justification for vitamin D
supplementation of breast-feeding infants.
J Pediatr. 2003 Feb;142(2):169-73.
Risk factors for vitamin D deficiency in breast-fed newborns and their
mothers. Nutrition. 2002 Jan;18(1):47-50.
Vitamin d deficiency in breast-fed toddlers. J Pediatr Orthop. 2001
Jul-Aug;21(4):508-11.
Vitamin D deficiency in veiled or dark-skinned pregnant women. Med J
Aust. 2001 Sep 3;175(5):251-2.
Fat-soluble vitamins in the maternal diet, influence of cod liver oil
supplementation and impact of the maternal diet on human milk
composition. Ann Nutr Metab. 2001;45(6):265-72.
Vitamin D deficiency in pregnant and breast-feeding women and their
infants. J Perinatol. 1997 Jan-Feb;17(1):10-4.
Vitamin D prophylaxis in childhood Minerva Pediatr. 1992
Nov;44(11):533-49. Review.
Effects of sunlight exposure on vitamin D status in pregnant women in
France J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 1991;20(5):685-90.
25-Hydroxyvitamin D and vitamin D in human milk: effects of
supplementation and season. Am J Clin Nutr. 1988 Oct;48(4):1057-60.
Relationships among vitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and vitamin
D-binding protein concentrations in the plasma and milk of human
subjects. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1986 Jan;62(1):41-4.
Maternal compared with infant vitamin D supplementation. Arch Dis Child.
1986 Dec;61(12):1159-63.
Calcidiol in human milk. The effect of prohormone on vitamin D status of
breast fed unsupplemented infants. Endocrinol Exp. 1986
Aug;20(2-3):325-8.
Relationship between the vitamin D content of maternal milk and the
vitamin D status of nursing women and breast-fed infants. J Endocrinol.
1986 Jul;110(1):43-50.
25-Hydroxyvitamin D levels during breast-feeding with or without
maternal or infantile supplementation of vitamin D. J Pediatr
Gastroenterol Nutr. 1985 Apr;4(2):220-6.
Effect of race and diet on human-milk vitamin D and 25-hydroxyvitamin D.
Am J Dis Child. 1985 Nov;139(11):1134-7.
Serum concentrations of vitamin D metabolites in exclusively breast-fed
infants at 70 degrees north. Acta Paediatr Scand. 1984 Jan;73(1):29-32.
Maternal-infant vitamin D relationships during breast-feeding. J
Pediatr. 1982 Oct;101(4):500-3.
Vitamin-D in human milk. Lancet. 1977 Jan 22;1(8004):167-8.
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