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Vitamin-D deficiency during pregnancy

Vitamin-D deficiency during pregnancy. The Swedish illness Viktoria Håkansson and Camilla Firing. Somali people in Sweden have 3-4 times higher frequency of autism than the Caucasian Swedish 50% of the population in Sweden suffer from Vitamin-D deficiency during winter months

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Vitamin-D deficiency during pregnancy

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  1. Vitamin-D deficiencyduring pregnancy The Swedish illness ViktoriaHåkansson and Camilla Firing

  2. Somali people in Sweden have 3-4 times higher frequency of autism than the Caucasian Swedish • 50% of the population in Sweden suffer from Vitamin-D deficiency during winter months • The most important source of Vit-D is sunlight and fatty fish • During the winter months, there is a significantly lowered amount of sunlight http://cannonhealth.org/vitamin-d-improve-fetal-brain-health/

  3. According to Nordic nutrition recommendations, children and adults should have a intake of 300 IU/day (1 IU= 0,025μg) • Pregnant women: 400 IU/day • Only 1% of pregnant women obtain this recommended dose • On average, Swedish people consume 176 IU/day

  4. Vit-D is important for the skeletal structure • Decreased levels may lead to;- depression- osteomalacia- cardiovascular diseases- MS- diabetes- colon and breast cancer- preeclampsia • Animal studies show that Vit-D deficiency during embryological development disturbs brain development

  5. The Somali population of Sweden call the increased occurrence of autism the Swedish disease as autism is not frequent in east Africa • The illness is believed to arise from an environmental difference between Scandinavia and east Africa - the MMB-vaccine - food and culture change

  6. People with dark skin need 5-10 times more sunlight than a person with typically light skin • The combination of low light intensity and covering clothing contributes to limit Vit-D uptake • Differences in food cultures limit the uptake of Vit-D from fatty fish, milk and cheese • The risk of extremely low Vit-D values was 6-8 x higher for women with mothers from Arab countries, Asia or Africa compared to German women • A Dutch study showed that 90% of children born by women who wore religious garments that covered a large portion of their skin had Vit-D deficiency

  7. High risk groups of the Swedish population and pregnant women are recommended supplements of 2000 IU/day • Even if supplements do not cause prevention of autism, other health benefits are expected • Adequate doses to restore the vit-D deficiency are not available in pharmacies (patent) • Simular studies have been preformed from Pakistanis in Oslo and Arabs in Denmark • The government responds to the issue by adding Vit-D to milk, orange-juice and cheese

  8. Sources; • S Bejerot, M Humble; Prevalence of autism in children born to Somali parents living in Sweden: a brief report http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03036.x/pdf, published 19th March 2008 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D • S Bejerot, M Humble; Tidskrift for den Norske Legeforening;http://tidsskriftet.no/article/1731577, Nr. 17 – 11. september 2008; 128:1986-7 • S Bejerot, M Humble; Dagens Näringsliv; http://www.dn.se/debatt/undvikandet-av-solljus-har-blivit-en-halsorisk,2008-07-15

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