Interest-free loans. If you loan a significant amount of money to your kids, say, enough to buy a house, itâs important to charge interest. If you donât, the IRS can determine that interest you should have charged was a gift.
Prevention. Folic acid, taken in supplement form starting at least one month before conception and continuing through the first trimester of pregnancy, greatly reduces the risk of spina bifida and other neural tube defects.
Lawrence sees no problem with the recommendation that women take 4,000 IU of vitamin D daily during pregnancy, although she says the impact of high doses of vitamin D on pregnancy-related complications remains to be proven. Four thousand IU may sound outrageous to some, but I believe it is really not unreasonable, she says.