IOM: Increase Vitamin D intake to 600 IU/Day; also increase Calcium dosing

...the new assessment recommends a daily vitamin d dietary allowance of 600 milligrams for most healthy people 9 years and older (with an estimated average requirement of 400 international units per day—and no more than 4,000 iu of vitamin d per day). people 71 years and older should take 800 mg of the vitamin per day, according to the report. (children aged 4 to 8 years should not have more than 3,000 iu/day and those aged 1 to 3 years should not have more than 2,500 iu/day.)...