Healthy adults under the age of 75 are unlikely to benefit from taking more than the daily intake of vitamin D recommended by the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) and do not require testing for vitamin D levels. For children, pregnant people, adults older than 75 years and adults with high-risk prediabetes, the guideline recommends vitamin D higher than the IOM recommended daily allowance.
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A pregnant woman reads the label on a prenatal supplement container while at the drug store.

If there’s one thing doctors agree on, it’s that all of their pregnant patients should take prenatal supplements. As a result, about 3 in 4 expecting mothers follow their doctor’s advice[1].

But even though they’re crucial for the health of mother and baby alike, prenatal supplements are completely unregulated[2]. There are no rules that require these supplements to contain any nutrients at all, let alone the...

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