Health Network “Can supplemental vitamin D contribute to height? Doctor: It may not help – Breaking News – Free Health Network

[Sianel Iechyd / Adroddiad Cynhwysfawr]Vitamin D is a popular nutrient recently. Not only does it help absorb calcium, but some studies have also begun to show that vitamin D deficiency can be linked to immune or metabolic diseases. Do vitamin D supplements help to grow taller? ? In this regard, Chen Yicheng, a pediatric endocrinologist at Hexin Minquan Women’s and Children’s Clinic explained, unfortunately, vitamin D may not be useful for growing taller.

Chen Yicheng posted on the Facebook page “Pediatric Endocrinology Doctor Chen Yicheng’s Lego Land”, according to the research published in “JAMA Pediatr” in November this year, even children who have vitamin D deficiency and the concentration is less than 20ng / ml, every 3 After adding 12,000 IU of vitamin D weekly, there was no difference in height between children who received a placebo.

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Chen Yicheng explained that the general purpose of vitamin D supplementation is to increase calcium absorption, so theoretically, the help for growing taller is indeed very limited. Therefore, when asked if they can take vitamin D in the outpatient clinic, most of them adopt a “try it if you want to eat it”, but it does not specifically recommend that children with short stature.

Chen Yicheng pointed out that although vitamin D has limited help in growing taller, the Taiwan Pediatric Medical Association still has recommendations: “It is recommended that exclusively or partially breastfed infants breast gets 400 IU of oral vitamin D every day starting from newborn babies” to avoid cases of Vitamin D deficiency and rickets.

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