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Rickets return

Vegetarian Times, March, 2004

Macrobiotic diets may be to blame for the return of rickets, caused by vitamin D deficiency "Exclusive breast feeding, extensive use of sunscreens, increased use of day care facilities and unusual diets that provide little vitamin D and calcium" may also play a role, says Brian Wharton, MD, of London's Institute of Child Health and co-author of the report in the October 25,2003 issue of The Lancet.

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Macrobiotic diets can result in vitamin D deficiency, says Martin Ward Platt, MD, of Newcastle-on-Tyne's Royal Victoria Infirmary. "It is possible to get the recommended daily allowance of vitamins on these diets," but much more difficult.

Rickets return

Vegetarian Times, March, 2004

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