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Health experts now recommend that women who are planning to become pregnant take a supplement of vitamin D as well as folic acid.
BBC: Vitamin D and weaning advice for new Scottish mothers
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Holick has a solution--limited direct exposure to the sun--that infuriates many dermatologists worried about the skin cancer risk. (A far better idea, they say: Take a supplement.) In 2004 he published his book The UV Advantage, touting the benefits of sun exposure, and was kicked out of the BU dermatology department, where he previously held a joint appointment.
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The letter said all pregnant and breastfeeding women should take a daily supplement containing 10 micrograms.
BBC: Vitamin D advice issued for babies and pregnant women