Vitamin D and Breastmilk-revisiting the subject

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It has been bothering me that my infant is vitamin D deficient most likely

caused by my breastmilk. I have read that breastmilk is likely deficient in

vitamin D based on the mother's diet/vitamin D intake. I thought how can this

be? I was very careful about my diet and started taking a prenatal vitamin

everyday a year before I even got pregnant. So I reviewed a summary of a study

regarding this topic by Hollis and Wagner. See summary below.

" Hollis and Wagner have recently conducted a study where lactating mothers

were supplemented with either 2,000 or 4,000 IU of vitamin D daily. The idea

was to see if that fixes the baby's vitamin D levels as normal. In both groups,

the vitamin D status of the infant improved greatly (as did the mother's). In

the 4000 IU/day group, the infants' D-vitamin levels normalized after 3 months

of breastfeeding.[1] Note that 4,000 IU a day is ten times the current (woeful)

recommended intake for vitamin D (which is 400 IU for adults) by the Food and

Nutrition Board! "

In conclusion-my prenatal vitamin contained 400 IU of vitamin D. Do you think

we will see this change in the future? I know if I get pregnant again, I plan

on taking additional vitamin D. I also read another summary that suggested a

dose of 1000 IU of vitamin D in lactating women was not enough to change the

vitamin D content of breast milk.

What are your thoughts?

Margie

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