Vitamin D call to pregnant women (Channel 4) Pregnant women should boost their intake of vitamin D in the winter months to prevent their child suffering rickets, the Government has said. The Department of Health urged women to consider taking supplements if they are expecting or breastfeeding. [News Source]

Mothers-to-be urged to take vitamin D to stop resurgence of rickets (Daily Mail) Pregnant women are being urged to take vitamin D pills to prevent rickets affecting their babies. The Government wants women to consider taking the supplement if they are expecting or breastfeeding [News Source]

More News (San Bernardino Sun) Self-made man and Highland resident Jeff Diehl started Highland-based Nitro2Go, Inc. in 1999, and since then has seen sales of his energy boosting products, including the Nitro2Go High Energy packets, energy drinks and most recently the Instant Energy product, a two-ounce liquid dose of vitamin B12 and B6, among other active ingredients, go through the roof. [News Source]

More News (Redlands Daily Facts) Self-made man and Highland resident Jeff Diehl started Highland-based Nitro2Go, Inc. in 1999, and since then has seen sales of his energy boosting products, including the Nitro2Go High Energy packets, energy drinks and most recently the Instant Energy product, a two-ounce liquid dose of vitamin B12 and B6, among other active ingredients, go through the roof. [News Source]

Mothers-to-be urged to take vitamin D to stop resurgence of rickets (Evening Standard) Pregnant women are being urged to take vitamin D pills to prevent rickets affecting their babies. [News Source]

Mothers-to-be urged to take vitamin D to stop resurgence of rickets (Evening Standard) Pregnant women are being urged to take vitamin D pills to prevent rickets affecting their babies. [News Source]

Vitamin D urged in pregnant women (BBC News) Pregnant women must boost their vitamin D intake during winter to ward off rickets, says the government. [News Source]

 Sunshine Vitamin d-eemed essential for pregnant women - Cases of vitamin D deficiency and Rickets are on the rise - (Government News Network) The Department of Health is encouraging pregnant and breastfeeding women to boost their intake of vitamin D in the darker winter months. Healthcare professionals say more children than ever are presenting with vitamin D deficiency which can cause seizures and rickets. [News Source]

 Sunshine Vitamin d-eemed essential for pregnant women - Cases of vitamin D deficiency and Rickets are on the rise - (Government News Network) The Department of Health is encouraging pregnant and breastfeeding women to boost their intake of vitamin D in the darker winter months. Healthcare professionals say more children than ever are presenting with vitamin D deficiency which can cause seizures and rickets. [News Source]

Rickets makes return in ethnic minorities (Guardian Unlimited) ·Vitamin D supplies to be available through GPs·Bone disease risk to darker-skinned children [News Source]

FarmOnline (Queensland Country Life)

Indigenous Australians have eaten them for tens of thousands of years and scientists are now telling us they are among the world’s best sources of vitamins and anti-oxidants.

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New Food Pyramid for Elderly (WMBD/FOX 43 Peoria) The new pyramid stresses the importance of older generations eating enough fiber , calcium and vitamins D and B-12 . Along with its new look, the pyramid presents easy ways older adults can get the nutrients they need. [News Source]