How to reduce preeclampsia

Take vitamin D - probably at least 4,000 IU daily = 28,000 IU weekly = 96,000 IU monthly = about single 50,000 IU capsule every 2 weeks.

• Low vitamin D is 4X more likely to have preeclampsia in pregnancy – Nov 2010

• All preclampsia items in VitaminDWiki 178 as of April 2013

• Overview of benefits of vitamin D before, during, and after pregnancy

  • the above reference included the following table May 2011

Dose    IU	Cumulative Benefit	Blood level and notes	Co-factors (see list)	Calcium	$*/year
400	* less infant rickets

• 3X less adolescent Schizophrenia
• fewer child seizures | <30 ng/ml | Not needed | No effect | $3 | | 2000 | * More likely to get pregnant naturally or via IVF
• fewer dental problems with pregnancy
• 8X less diabetes
• 4X fewer C-sections (>37 ng)
  • 4X less preeclampsia (40 ng vs 10 ng)
• 5X less child asthma | 42 ng/ml | Desirable | < 750 mg | $12 | | 4000 | * 2X fewer pregnancy complications
• 2X fewer per-term births | 49 ng/ml
  Test Vitamin D | Must have | < 750 mg | $175 | | 6000 | * probable larger benefits for items listed above
• Enough D for breastfed infant

• Perhaps prevent 2nd autistic child | Test Vitamin D
  clinical trials underway | Must have | < 750 mg | $200 |

• All items in category Pregnancy items

• 2X more preeclampsia when vitamin D less than 30 ng, etc. - meta-analysis March 2013

• Low vitamin D results in severe preeclampsia and low birth weight – Mar 2011

• Overview How Much vitamin D

• Low Cost vitamin D - including liquid and bulk including 50,000 IU

Alternately, L-arginine plus antioxidant vitamins got an absolute risk reduction of preeclampsia in Mexico of 0.17 (17 % ?)

• CLICK HERE for details of Random Controlled Trial May 2011