Pregnancy and Nutrition:
Nutrition During Pregnancy, Prenatal Vitamins
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Oct 29th, 2009
Pregnant women take note: a new study finds that women who ate vegetables daily during pregnancy reduced the risk of type 1 diabetes in their children. This is the first study to demonstrate a link between vegetable consumption during pregnancy and the risk of the development of type 1 diabetes.
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Sep 16th, 2009
If you are pregnant and taking vitamin D supplements, you still may not be getting enough of this critical nutrient. According to a new study from Northern Ireland, current dosing recommendations do not allow many expectant mothers to achieve adequate blood levels of vitamin D.
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Sep 3rd, 2009
A Norwegian study finds that vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy may reduce a mother’s risk of developing preeclampsia. Left untreated, preeclampsia can lead to eclampsia, a condition that can be deadly to both the pregnant woman and her infant.
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Aug 28th, 2009
In August 2009, the Government revised its advice to consumers about eating peanuts during pregnancy, breastfeeding and the first few years of life, in relation to the risk of developing peanut allergy in childhood.
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Aug 1st, 2009
Babies born to mothers who take zinc during pregnancy experience several important health and growth-related benefits. Women need to consider zinc supplementation both before and during pregnancy, because deficiency of this mineral is common among women of childbearing age.
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Mar 19th, 2009
Researchers have found a link between obesity in women and pre-natal exposure to toxins found in fish. The study is the first to show that eating fish from polluted waters has an impact on contributing to obesity.
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Jan 9th, 2009
Twenty-one percent of Hispanic women are consuming enough folic acid to prevent certain birth defects before becoming pregnant, compared with more than 40% of white women.
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Sep 23rd, 2008
Renowned cardiologist airwaves with a simple nutrition message important to everyone but never more so than busy moms at this time of the year as the school season gets underway.
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Sep 22nd, 2008
A pregnant mouse's diet can induce epigenetic changes that increase the risk her offspring will develop allergic asthma.
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Sep 12th, 2008
Pregnant women who take high levels of daily calcium supplements show a marked reduction in lead levels in their blood, suggesting calcium could play a critical role in reducing fetal and infant exposure.