Vitamin D consumed as supplements is under debate
6 years, 7 months ago

Vitamin D consumed as supplements is under debate

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Prenatal micronutrient interventions during childhood have not shown a significant improvement in fetal and infant growth according to clinical trials carried out and published in the United States National Library of Medicine. Dr Laxmi Kiran, senior gynaecologist and fetal medicine specialist explained, “Vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women is highly prevalent. Dr Preeti Reddy, senior gynaecologist explained, “Breast milk has less of vitamin D. If the mother is already deficient with vitamin D then the breast milk will have even lesser. But it has been found that after three months when the infant is put on formula feed it has vitamin D supplementation and that helps the child to grow.” “In pregnant women in India, vitamin D supplementation has helped to control the risk of birth complications and child growth,” she added.

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Pregnant moms, take note! Having this every day can strengthen your child's bones
4 months, 1 week ago

Pregnant moms, take note! Having this every day can strengthen your child's bones

Hindustan Times  

Drinking milk while being pregnant to develop strong bones for your child may not be enough. It was observed that mothers who took Vitamin D supplements while being pregnant, had children with better bone density, than mothers who didn’t. The study stresses on the importance of Vitamin D supplementation for pregnant women to give birth to children with better bone …

Majority of pregnant women not getting essential vitamins, study warns
1 year, 3 months ago

Majority of pregnant women not getting essential vitamins, study warns

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Our study shows that almost …

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2023: Know The Role Of Vitamin D In Breast Cancer Prevention
1 year, 5 months ago

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2023: Know The Role Of Vitamin D In Breast Cancer Prevention

ABP News  

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Should mums-to-be take vitamin D?
6 years, 6 months ago

Should mums-to-be take vitamin D?

ABC  

Norman Swan: Let's stay with pregnancy because women are often encouraged to take vitamins after they become pregnant, including vitamin D. Now, you'd think that if vitamin D was going to be of benefit, the group of women most likely to show that would be those who were vitamin D deficient, and just such a trial has been conducted in …

Lack of vitamin D lessens chances of conceiving after pregnancy loss
6 years, 9 months ago

Lack of vitamin D lessens chances of conceiving after pregnancy loss

Hindustan Times  

Turns out, insufficient vitamin D is not only detrimental to bone health, but also important for a healthy pregnancy. According to a study conducted by NIH, among women planning to conceive after a pregnancy loss, those who had sufficient levels of vitamin D were more likely to become pregnant and have a live birth, compared to women with insufficient levels …

Vitamin D deficiency may increase risk of miscarriage, study suggests
6 years, 9 months ago

Vitamin D deficiency may increase risk of miscarriage, study suggests

The Independent  

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Vitamin D supplements could help women conceive
7 years, 4 months ago

Vitamin D supplements could help women conceive

Daily Mail  

Taking vitamin D supplements could help women conceive, research suggests. Taking vitamin D supplements could help women conceive, research suggests VITAMIN D IN CHILDHOOD PREVENTS TYPE 1 DIABETES BY BOOSTING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM Vitamin D in childhood prevents type 1 diabetes, research suggested last month. ‘We found that only 26 per cent of women in the studies had sufficient concentrations …

Autism linked to lack of vitamin D during pregnancy, study finds
8 years, 3 months ago

Autism linked to lack of vitamin D during pregnancy, study finds

ABC  

Could the answer to reducing the incidence of autism be as simple as pregnant women popping a vitamin D supplement? Lead author Professor John McGrath said the study found pregnant women with low vitamin D were more likely to have children with autistic traits by the age of six. "Just as taking folate in pregnancy has reduced the incidence of …

Vitamin D deficiency linked to autism in children
8 years, 3 months ago

Vitamin D deficiency linked to autism in children

NL Times  

Pregnant woman who get in too little vitamin D are more than twice as likely to have a child that develops autism, according to a study by Erasmus MC in Rotterdam among over 4 thousand 6-year-olds and their mothers. Head researcher and psychiatry professor Henning Temeier made use of Generation R - a large study in which the growth and …

US study suggests vitamin D plummets when women stop taking the Pill
8 years, 7 months ago

US study suggests vitamin D plummets when women stop taking the Pill

Daily Mail  

Women on the Pill risk becoming vitamin D deficient if they stop taking it, researchers have warned. They believe taking the contraceptive could increase levels of the vitamin in the body by around 20 per cent - but stopping the hormonal birth control can cause levels to drop. Scroll down for video Taking the Pill increases levels of vitamin D …

Pregnant women who take Vitamin D during winter 'strengthen baby's bones'
9 years ago

Pregnant women who take Vitamin D during winter 'strengthen baby's bones'

The Independent  

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Low Vitamin D during pregnancy linked to child’s tooth cavities
10 years, 10 months ago

Low Vitamin D during pregnancy linked to child’s tooth cavities

The Hindu  

Many of the health problems that crop up in life have their origin in the very beginning — when the person was in the mother’s womb. A recent Canadian study points out that low Vitamin D levels during pregnancy could be one of the causes for a person’s poor dental health, and city dentists corroborate this finding. The study linked …

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