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Exclusive breastfeeding without vitamin D supplementation causes severe vitamin D deficiency and rickets in infants because breast milk contains inadequate vitamin D levels.
If you are breastfeeding your baby, you must give them 400 IU of vitamin D daily starting from the first few days of life. Breast milk alone does not have enough vitamin D to protect their bones. Continue this daily supplement until your baby is drinking more than 1000ml of vitamin D-fortified formula per day.
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It was reported that 96% children with rickets were breastfed, since breast milk contains inadequate vitamin D.
Why this rating
Based on observational data (96% of rickets cases) and known biochemical properties of breast milk.
Source
Vitamin D and health - The missing vitamin in humans
Szu‐Wen Chang et al. · Pediatrics & Neonatology · 2019
DOI 10.1016/j.pedneo.2019.04.007
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