Pages tagged with "Pregnancy"
- Preterm birth 3X more likely if low vitamin D
- Heavier offspring if mothers had more sunlight (sheep in this case)
- Preterm birth might be prevented by Vitamin D, Omega-3, etc. (International survey)
- Pregnancies helped by Vitamin D in many ways – 27th meta-analysis
- Adding 1,000 IU vitamin D while pregnant did not help much (no surprise) – RCT
- Childhood Asthma risk greatly reduced if mothers were given 4,400 IU Vitamin D daily – RCT 2019
- Omega-3 index of 5 greatly decreases the risk of an early preterm birth
- Doctor prescribed 200,000 IU Vitamin D2 weekly during pregnancy (wrong type, far too much)
- WHO recommends zero vitamin D during pregnancy, rest of the world disagrees – 2018, 2020
- Pregnancies need a lot of vitamin D, even before conception - Hollis
- A paltry 400 IU Vitamin D recommended during pregnancy - NICE UK
- Off Topic: Premature birth results in less schooling and income (age 28, 228,000 Danes)
- 4,000 IU Vitamin D daily during pregnancy (Mongolia) was good – RCT
- Preterm birth interventions – 4 studies found possible vitamin D benefit – Cochrane
- Asthma in child 2.3 X more likely if both parents asthmatic (unless add Vitamin D) – VDAART
- Omega-3 added during pregnancy helps in many ways – Cochrane Review of RCTs
- Australia no longer testing every pregnant woman for vitamin D
- Increased risk of atopic dermatitis with low vitamin D during pregnancy perhaps due to poor methylation
- Stressors as a fetus or child can cause health problems in adult (perhaps via epigenetics)
- Birth weight more than 9.9 lbs increases risk of breast cancer by 1.5 (wonder about Vitamin D)
