Recurrent pregnancy loss is a complex health challenge with no universally accepted
definition. Inconsistency in definitions involves not only the number of spontaneous …

Nutritional status during pregnancy can have a significant impact on maternal and neonatal
health outcomes. Requirements for macronutrients such as energy and protein increase …

Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin that has been produced on this earth for more than 500
million years. During exposure to sunlight 7-dehydrocholesterol in the skin absorbs UV B …

The purpose of this review is to put into perspective the many health benefits of vitamin D
and the role of vitamin D deficiency in increasing the risk of many common and serious …

Calcitriol, the hormonally active form of vitamin D, is being evaluated in clinical trials as an
anti-cancer agent. Calcitriol exerts multiple anti-proliferative, pro-apoptotic, and pro …

Vitamin D deficiency and the rapid increase in the prevalence of obesity are both considered
important public health issues. The classical role of vitamin D is in Ca homoeostasis and …

Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products,
Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) derived dietary reference values (DRV s) for vitamin D. The …

ABSTRACT Background In Norway, cod liver oil is an important source of dietary vitamin D
and the long-chain n− 3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, all of …

Public health authorities in the United States are recommending that men, women and
children reduce their exposure to sunlight, based on concerns that this exposure will …

It is now well established that vitamins D, E, and K and carotenoids are not absorbed solely
through passive diffusion. Broad-specificity membrane transporters such as SR-BI …