Pages tagged with "Pregnancy"
- Vitamin D, Calcium and protein very important to bone health
- Breast Feeding increased risk of low bone density by 24 percent
- Vitamin D levels in moms and infants are low and sometimes very low
- Gestational Diabetes Mellitus 1.5X more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis
- Prenatal multivitamins should have lots of vitamin D
- Vitamin D is very important during pregnancy – 4,000 daily or 50,000 weekly - review
- Stillbirth rate typically 1 in 200, perhaps only 1 in 800 with Omega-3
- Infant not helped by 200 IU of vitamin D during pregnancy (no surprise)
- Infant risk of obesity increased by 50 percent if low vitamin D during pregnancy
- Off topic: Caesarean section increases risk of Eczema (Atopic dermatitis) by 1.8 X
- Pregnancy helped by Magnesium - many studies
- Omega-3 helps pregnancy in many ways: preterm 26 percent less likely etc – review
- Miscarriage in 2nd trimester associated with low vitamin D
- Cesarean section 60 percent increased if low vitamin D
- Asthma trial underway - 4,000 IU during pregnancy
- Clinical trials for pregnancy with Vitamin D intervention – 51 as of
- Infant wheezing 40 percent less likely if mother supplemented with vitamin D, vitamin E, or Zinc – meta-analysis
- Pre-term birth - many of risk factors are associated with low vitamin D
- Leading cause of death age 0-5 – vitamin D deficiency
- Magnesium (Sulfate) reduces risk of cerebral palsy for those at risk of pre-term births