My view on vitamin D supplementation in babies

Living Life and loving the sun
Jasmine and Alama Moller:  Each dressed for the beach
suited to their respective skin types.

"Gary, I wondered if you had a view on vitamin D supplementation in babies. I noticed US and UK recommendations have been updated so that vit D should be given in supplemental form to babies (along with iron, tho generally thru iron enhanced rice cereal). Australia doesn't appear to have any checks for this level in babies but I wouldn't be surprised if there was a lack given their focus on sunblock and hats.

It is mentioned in a number of articles that vitamin d is present in breastmilk but not in high enough quantities. I take a vit d supplement and XXX is still Breastfeeding."

"P"
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Gary:
It is now over five years that I have been reviewing blood tests for vitamin D and so far not one single person has presented with optimum results (120-160nm/l).  Most actual results are from 30-80nm/l which is a shocking indictment on the success of the Cancer Society's ill conceived Sun Smart programme which reaps millions of dollars in revenue for them at great cost to the health of the general populace.  The lowest was 9nm/l.  My small sample of pregnant and nursing women a vitamin D of about 30-50nm/l is pretty typical.

Anything less than 50nm/l is clinically vitamin D deficient 

and requires urgent attention.

A mother, foetus and nursing baby will benefit substantially and in many ways from mother sunbathing 5-