\u201cThe Institute of Medicine said in their (2010) report \u2014 an idiotic statement that said that the diet would supply all the vitamin D that you need. As a nutritionist I say, that\u2019s no diet that I know. No diet that I know would do that unless you\u2019re an Eskimo and eat a lot of raw fish.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 Dr. Bruce Hollis, world-renowned vitamin D expert from the Medical University of South Carolina.<\/p>\n Hollis and South Carolina Vitamin D colleague Dr. Carole Wagner have championed the belief that vitamin D blood levels in pregnant women have declined in the past two decades, giving rise to unnecessary risks for both the mother and child.<\/p>\n Defending their position, Hollis points out that what others call \u201chigh\u201d vitamin D levels are really \u201cphysiologic levels\u201d \u2014 levels that have existed in humans who live naturally outdoors for thousands of years \u2014 but that sun-avoidance has led to epidemic levels of vitamin D deficiency.<\/p>\n Dr. Carole Wagner will present research supporting this position at the Vitamin D Foundation\u2019s Scientific Symposium in Nashville Oct. 19. The symposium takes place prior to Smart Tan\u2019s 17th Annual Convention and Trade Show Oct. 19-21 in Downtown Nashville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThe Institute of Medicine said in their (2010) report \u2014 an idiotic statement that said that the diet would supply all the vitamin D that you need. As a nutritionist I say, that\u2019s no diet that I know. No diet that I know would do that unless you\u2019re an Eskimo and eat a lot of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n