Posted on June 13, 2008 by Gerald Pugliese
Some experts believe that the current Vitamin D recommendations for teenagers may be too low.
Reuters is on it:
In a trial that followed 340, 10- to 17-year-olds for one year, Lebanese researchers found that vitamin D doses equivalent to 2,000 IU per day were not only safe, but also achieved more-desirable blood levels of the vitamin.
The dose used in the study was 10 times the official "adequate intake" level set for vitamin D in the United States -- 200 IU per day for children and adults younger than 50.
An adequate intake, or AI, is set when health officials believe there is insufficient evidence to lay down a recommended dietary allowance, or RDA.
But some researchers have argued that the 200 IU standard is too low. This year, the American Academy of Pediatrics began recommending that children and teenagers get 400 IU of vitamin D each day.
When I was a teenager I wasn’t worried about vitamin D. I was more concerned with the cute girl in my Spanish I class—hola senorita.
Wink-wink.
