Vitamin D is known to help strengthen bones, protect against infections during the winter, and aid the nervous and muscular systems. However, some studies have questioned the positive aspects of the vitamin.
February 27/Halle-Wittenberg, Germany/RedOrbit -- Adding a little vitamin D supplement to the diet while pregnant may put the child at risk of developing a food allergy after birth, according to a new study published in the journal Allergy.
The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg in Germany sought out to prove that there is a correlation between the concentration of vitamin D in the blood of expectant mothers and in the cord blood of babies. Cord blood is the blood that remains in the placenta and in the attached umbilical cord after childbirth.