Researchers have recommended that pregnant females should be prescribed vitamin D supplements, so that they can protect their babies from health problems. Opposing the directions of National Institute of health and Clinical Excellence or NICE, the study claimed that the supplements should be given.

The study supports the prescription of supplements as it has been found that females having less than required amount of vitamin D can face pregnancy complications and that it can even result in bad health effects on the infants. Deficiency of vitamin D is linked to diseases, including rickets and other disorders.

According Dr. Elina Hypponen from the University College London Institute of Child Health, the supplements will lessen the comparative heath threats for the new-born babies.

Dr. Elina unveiled this in a report, which was cited in the British Journal of Nutrition. This report suggested that the health authorities need to have a united approach towards the supplements as the vitamin D deficiency is not being taken as seriously.

The researches argue that the guidelines of the Department of Health, which recommends females to take 10 micrograms per day of vitamin D, cannot be met by the usual diet and the sun alone. However, females from economically poor backgrounds are given the supplement for free and the researchers say that pregnant females will benefit from the supplement, no matter what their background is.