Breastfeeding and Vitamin D Supplementation

"While breastfeeding is the recommended method of infant feeding and provides infants with necessary nutrients and immune factors, breast milk alone does not provide infants with an adequate intake of vitamin D. Most breastfed infants are able to synthesize additional vitamin D through routine sunlight exposure. However, published reports of cases of vitamin D deficiency rickets among breastfed infants in the Unitied States caused researchers to take another look at whether all breastfed infants were getting adequate vitamin D."


Read More: http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/recommendations/vitamin_D.htm

Source: CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)