Pregnancy and Nutrition:
Nutrition During Pregnancy, Prenatal Vitamins
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Following over five years of research on the hormone DHEA as a fertility-enhancing supplement in women with diminished ovarian reserve, New York -based Center for Human Reproduction reports yet another remarkable patient response, based on a very personal patient testimonial.
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Weight loss surgery can improve fertility. Some forms of surgery could result in birth defects in newborns. Clinicians in Australia report a case of blindness in a newborn whose mother had undetected vitamin deficiency from undergoing gastric bypass surgery seven years before becoming pregnant.
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Ten percent or less of women get a sufficient amount of choline during pregnancy, which may place their infants at increased risk for health problems. Results of a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that choline deficiency increased risk for heart defects during prenatal development.
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British scientists have found a link between mothers who eat a high fat diet before and during pregnancy and an increased risk for certain birth defects, such as congenital heart disease and cleft palate.
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Pregnant women and their babies can both greatly benefit when vitamin D supplements are taken during pregnancy. While most people have low levels or are deficient in vitamin D, insufficient amounts of the vitamin can be especially harmful for new moms and their infants.
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A team of researchers from the Childhood and Environmental Project (INMA) has recently studied the consequences of iodine supplementation in pregnancy and found that iodine nutritional status should be one of the essential nutrients monitored for optimal brain development in the growing fetus.
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Schucks Pharmacies, a division of Schnuck Markets based in St Louis, MO, has announced that beginning today it will offer 13 of the most often prescribed prenatal vitamins for free to help pregnant women prevent birth defects. The chain operates 106 stores in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Tennessee, and Mississippi.
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If you are thinking about having a baby, put down the sugary cola: experts have shown for the first time that drinking more than five servings of sugar-sweetened cola per week before pregnancy seems to significantly increase the risk of developing gestational diabetes.
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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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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.
