FDA raised Vitamin D to 800 IU (now to be designated as 20 micrograms) July 2016

This is a pleasant surprise. Nice step in the right direction

• The FDA Issues Nutrition and Supplement Facts Label Changes July 2016
• FDA doubles the amount of vitamin D permitted in milk – July 2016
• 2,000 IU of vitamin D reduced schizophrenia chance by 77 percent (male infants) - 2004
• Type 1 diabetes helped with 50,000 IU of vitamin D every two weeks – Nov 2014
• Children getting 60,000 IU monthly got to vitamin D level of 33 ng – Sept 2015 = 2,000 IU daily average
• 800 IU vitamin D for infant and 2000 IU for mother is good, not great – RCT Dec 2013
• Third study found that Infants needed 1600 IU of vitamin D – JAMA RCT May 2013
• Vitamin D Recommendations around the world - IU and ng

 Download the FDA PDF (259 pages) from VitaminDWiki

Note: Nutrition label mcg = micrograms = 1/40 of an International Unit

Wonder if supplement suppliers will also convert to mcg?

mcg	IU
20	800
125	5,000
1,250 mcg 1.25 mg	50,000