date:Mar 12, 2013
629 children in the long-term study.
Researchers tested the level of vitamin D in the blood of the pregnant mothers, and also in the cord blood of the children born. They also sent out questionnaires to mothers in order to assess the occurrence of food allergies during the first two years of the childrens lives. They found that in cases where expectant mothers were found to have a low vitamin D level in the blood, food allergies among their two-year-old children was less likely, compared to chi