title: Vitamin D requirement during pregnancy and lactation.
abstract: The current recommended dietary requirement for vitamin D intake (200 IU/d) during pregnancy and lactation is based on little, if any, scientific evidence, and as a result is clinically irrelevant with respect to maintaining nutritional vitamin D status during these demanding human conditions. Current research has shown that the actual dietary requirement during pregnancy and lactation may actually be as high as 6000 IU/d. Current data on which these new recommendations could be based are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nutritional Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Hollis
mesh_terms: D002762:Cholecalciferol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation / Q000378:metabolism*; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011247:Pregnancy; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D; D002762:Cholecalciferol