Vitamin D3 — 50% Reduction in Many Comorbidities of Pregnancy

Overview: 4000 IU/day is recommended for pregnant women as safe and effective in producing a 50% reduction in many comorbidities of pregnancy such as preeclampsia and preterm labor. These results are from a randomized clinical trial done by Dr. Carol Wagner and Dr. Bruce Hollis of the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Wagner is interviewed here about that trial.

76% of pregnant mothers are severely vitamin D deficient, causing widespread vitamin D deficiencies in their unborn children, which predisposes them to type 1 diabetes, arthritis, multiple sclerosis andschizophrenia later in life. 81% of the children born to these mothers were deficient.