I’ve written about vitamins and cesarean sections in the past month, so I found it interesting that a study found a correlation between the two.

Of 253 women who gave birth in a Boston, Massachusetts hospital, those deficient in vitamin D were nearly 4-times more likely to deliver by cesarean section than women with higher levels of vitamin D, report Dr. Michael F. Holick and colleagues.

-Reuters, “Vitamin D deficiency may raise cesarean risk”

However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that low vitamin D actually do increase cesarean rates. More in-depth study will be needed to verify that claim. However, to keep your bases covered just in case, spending about 10 minutes a day in the sun is a safe way to increase vitamin D levels