Studies on Dietary Requirements for Lactation

Assessment of dietary vitamin D requirements during pregnancy and lactation.

Concerns about vitamin D have resurfaced in medical and scientific literature because the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the United States, particularly among darkly pigmented persons, has increased. The primary goals of this review were to discuss past and current literature and to reassess the dietary reference intake for vitamin D in adults, with particular focus on women during pregn...

Review Articles Assessment of dietary vitamin D requirements during pregnancy and lactation

Concerns about vitamin D have resurfaced in medical and scientific literature because the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the United States, particularly among darkly pigmented persons, has increased. The primary goals of this review were to discuss past and current literature and to reassess the dietary reference intake for vitamin D in adults, with particular focus on women during pregn...

Time of Initiating Dietary Fat Supplementation on Lactation and Reproduction

Page Page Acknowledgments ......................................................................................... 2 Time of Initiating Dietary Fat Supplementation on Lactation and Reproduction .................................................................................. 3 A Soyhull:Soy Lecithin:Soapstock Mixture for Early Lactation Dairy Cows ................................................

Energy requirements during pregnancy and lactation.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the energy requirements of pregnant and lactating women consistent with optimal pregnancy outcome and adequate milk production. DESIGN Total energy cost of pregnancy was estimated using the factorial approach from pregnancy-induced increments in basal metabolic rate measured by respiratory calorimetry or from increments in total energy expenditure measured by the doubly ...

Some thoughts on dietary requirements of macro-elements for ruminants.