Canadian Paediatric Society – vitamin D recommendations unchanged since 2007 – Jan 2017

Vitamin D supplementation: Recommendations for Canadian mothers and infants

The Canadian Paediatric Society, Posted: Oct 1 2007 | Reaffirmed: Jan 30 2017

They acknowledge that more studies are needed, but appear to have not made any changes

Examples of obsolete recommendations

• “Consideration should be given to administering 2000 IU of vitamin D daily to pregnant and lactating women, especially during the winter months, to maintain vitamin D sufficiency”
  • trials have found that 4,000 – 6,000 IU is needed
• “Total vitamin D intake from all sources for the premature infant should be 200 IU/kg/day to a maximum of 400 IU/day (recommendation grade A ).”
  • various groups around the world argue for 1,000 to 1,600 IU/day
• “To take advantage of cutaneous production of vitamin D, yet minimize possibility of skin damage, infants and children should be exposed to sunlight for short periods (probably less than 15 min/day) (recommendation grade B )”
  • 15 minutes might be enough if only wearing a diaper, in the summer, in the middle of the day, in the summer, for a light-skinned infant/child, in the Southern portion of Canada, etc.

The latest reference is from 2007

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See also Vitamin D Life

• Vitamin D supplementation guidelines (adults – 50,000 IU per week) – Feb 2017 infants 2,000 - 3,000 IU
• Third study found that Infants needed 1600 IU of vitamin D – JAMA RCT May 2013
• Infant-Child category listing has 606 items along with related searches
• Vitamin D guidelines of American Academy of Pediatrics said none should be even tested, yet 91 percent had less than 30 ng – June 2017
• Could Canada cause multiple sclerosis (MS increased 2X in 5 years) - April 2015
• Vitamin D levels continue to fall: Canada 6 percent drop from 2009 to 2011 – Feb 2013
• Increasing the vitamin D level of all Canadians to 40 ng would save 6 to 18 billion dollars a year – Nov 2016
• Vitamin D blood levels of Canadians – Jan 2013
  40% have less than 20 ng in the winter. Suspect about 80% have less than 40 nanogrms in the winter

Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D has the following summary

Problem	Reduces	Evidence
0. Chance of not conceiving	3.4 times	Observe
1. Miscarriage	2.5 times	Observe
2. Pre-eclampsia	3.6 times	RCT
3. Gestational Diabetes	3 times	RCT
4. Good 2nd trimester sleep quality	3.5 times	Observe
5. Premature birth	2 times	RCT
6. C-section - unplanned	1.6 times	Observe
Stillbirth - OMEGA-3	4 times	RCT - Omega-3
7. Depression AFTER pregnancy	1.4 times	RCT
8. Small for Gestational Age	1.6 times	meta-analysis
9. Infant height, weight, head size      within normal limits		RCT
10. Childhood Wheezing	1.3 times	RCT
11. Additional child is Autistic	4 times	Intervention
12.Young adult Multiple Sclerosis	1.9 times	Observe
13. Preeclampsia in young adult	3.5 times	RCT
14. Good motor skills @ age 3	1.4 times	Observe
15. Childhood Mite allergy	5 times	RCT
16. Childhood Respiratory Tract visits	2.5 times	RCT

RCT = Randomized Controlled Trial