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Take Vitamin D Daily, Mothers-To-Be Told

Expectant mothers are being encouraged to take vitamin D supplements during pregnancy as part of efforts to improve the health of the population. The Scottish Government's maternal and infant nutrition strategy includes recommendations on diet, aiming to highlight how nutritional choices start before conception and do not end after breastfeeding.

It comes after growing evidence of the importance of vitamin D to people's health, with research linking a deficiency of the nutrient to conditions such as multiple sclerosis and heart disease.

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Extract taken from The Scotsman