Vitamin D is considered essential to health, and the body generates it naturally via the absorption of sunlight by the skin. However, many people no longer get enough vitamin D in their daily lives. In fact, prior research has found that “more than 25% of women who are pregnant or l...
“We can't just assume that everybody is deficient, but propernutritionis something that needs to be on your radar if you may become pregnant," senior study author Alison Gernand, associate professor of nutritional sciences at Penn State, added. “This study provides evidence thatvitamin Dappea...
VITAMIN D STATUS IN PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL CLINIC AT OUR TERTIARY CARE CENTREVerma, Kirti VijaykumarBhandari, ManishJournal of Cardiovascular Disease Research (Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research)
Perhaps Dr. Obermer was ahead of his time, or today we are behind in understanding the power of vitamin D. I think both are true. Nonetheless, his assertion about relatively high maternal vitamin D doses accentuates vitamin D’s importance during pregnancy. Today pregnant women typically suppl...
More than half of the women tested in the hospital were found to be vitamin D deficient and in need of vitamin supplements. Supplementing the amount of vitamin D in pregnant women can have positive impacts on maternal health and infant health. Thus increased access to vitamin supplements is ...
(25 randomized controlled trials) that investigated the effects of vitamin D supplementation versus no supplementation on prevention of allergies. Populations of interest were healthy pregnant women, breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to 9 years of age. Main outcomes focused on asthma or ...
Information such as use of Vitamin D supplements, number of daytime hours spent outdoors and dressing style was obtained from 166 pregnant women in Lagos, Nigeria; maternal and cord blood 25(OH)D concentration was determined using ELISA. The prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency (<20 ng/mL) in ...
In a double-blind trial of vitamin D supplements in pregnant Asian women calciferol (ergocalciferol, 1000 IU/day) was administered to 59 women and placebo to 67 controls during the last trimester. The two groups had similar distributions of maternal age, height, parity, number of vegetarians, ...
(OH)2D]—in the kidney for endo- crine function and other tissues for autocrine/paracrine function.23 This concept is explained in detail elsewhere.23 VITAMIN D METABOLISM DURING PREGNANCY WHEN COMPARED WITH THE NON-PREGNANT STATE A striking difference exists in vitamin D metabolism during ...
Development and Validation of a Vitamin D Status Prediction Model in Danish Pregnant Women: A Study of the Danish National Birth Cohort. Vitamin D has been hypothesized to reduce risk of pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus, and preterm delivery. Howeve... Jense...