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  2. Vitamin D - Wikipedia

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    For all people over the age of 1, including women who are pregnant or lactating, they set an adequate intake of 15 μg/day (600 IU). [ 58 ] On the other hand the EU Commission defined nutrition labelling for foodstuffs as regards recommended daily allowances (RDA) for vitamin D to 5 µg/day (200 IU) as 100%.

  3. Cholecalciferol - Wikipedia

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    Doses greater than 40 000 IU (1000 μg) per day are generally required before high blood calcium occurs. [12] Normal doses, 800–2000 IU per day, are safe in pregnancy. [5] Cholecalciferol was first described in 1936. [13] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [14]

  4. Vitamin D toxicity - Wikipedia

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    The recommended dietary allowance is 15 μg/d (600 IU per day; 800 IU for those over 70 years). Overdose has been observed at 1,925 μg/d (77,000 IU per day). [citation needed] Acute overdose requires between 15,000 μg/d (600,000 IU per day) and 42,000 μg/d (1,680,000 IU per day) over a period of several days to months.

  5. How to get the most out of vitamin D3 - AOL

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    Vitamin D3, aka cholecalciferol, is important for bone health and immune function. Experts discuss benefits, sources, risks and who needs a supplement. How to get the most out of vitamin D3

  6. Vitamin D deficiency - Wikipedia

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    In that study, the compliance calculation could be questionable since only random samples of the returned medications were counted. In a study by De Niet et al., [72] 60 subjects with vitamin D deficiency were randomized to receive 2000 IU vitamin D3 daily or 50 000 IU monthly. They reported a similar efficacy of the two dosing frequencies ...

  7. Nutrition and pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Fetal alcohol syndrome usually occurs when a pregnant woman has more than four drinks per day. Milder symptoms have been found with two drinks per day during the early part of pregnancy. [53] [54] Evidence of harm from less than two drinks per day or 10 drinks per week is not clear. [53] [55]

  8. Calcitriol - Wikipedia

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    Calcitriol is a hormone and the active form of vitamin D, normally made in the kidney. [8] [9] [10] It is also known as 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol.It binds to and activates the vitamin D receptor in the nucleus of the cell, which then increases the expression of many genes. [11]

  9. Could fluoride in pregnancy affect kids' development? A study ...

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    A 2019 study published in JAMA Pediatrics, for example, found that IQ levels were slightly lower in 3- and 4-year-old children whose mothers had higher measures of fluoride in their urine when ...