Vitamin D During Pregnancy May Reduce Child Wheezing
A recent study by researchers from Harvard Medical School has found that taking vitamin D during pregnancy may reduce a child's risk of developing a wheezing illness during the first 5 years of their life.
Doctors used food-frequency-questionnaire data to record the maternal vitamin D intake from a random sample of 2,000 pregnant women. The average Vitamin D intake during pregnancy was 500 IU and women who increased their dosage by 100 IU, decreased their child's risk of developing a wheezing illness by 10%. Continued research is necessary to see if the wheezing risk remains the same as the children grow older. For more information go to The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 85, March 2007.
A recent study by researchers from Harvard Medical School has found that taking vitamin D during pregnancy may reduce a child's risk of developing a wheezing illness during the first 5 years of their life.
Doctors used food-frequency-questionnaire data to record the maternal vitamin D intake from a random sample of 2,000 pregnant women. The average Vitamin D intake during pregnancy was 500 IU and women who increased their dosage by 100 IU, decreased their child's risk of developing a wheezing illness by 10%. Continued research is necessary to see if the wheezing risk remains the same as the children grow older. For more information go to The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 85, March 2007.