A paltry 400 IU Vitamin D recommended during pregnancy - NICE UK

NICE (National Institute of Health Care Excellence) Summary

NICE 2018 previous guidelines = 2008

• Just 400 IU of daily Vitamin D reduced miscarriage (recurrent) by 3.5 times – RCT July 2016

  • 400 IU is thus proven to provide some benefit

• UK proposes that 10 ng level and 400 IU is enough Vitamin D for everybody (no and no)- July 2015

• Vitamin D pill meets new UK guidelines (400 IU) - Dec 2016

• Intervention - Vitamin D Of the 330 trials, only 4 found success with 400 IU vitamin D (Dec 2016)

  • Note: Only Korea recommends a smaller dose size = 200 IU

• 4,000 IU of Vitamin D is OK - 19 organizations agree - 2018

Benefits of >4,000 IU during pregnancy

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