Supplements
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- Created on: 22-05-13 13:45
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- Supplements
- Pregnancy
- Greatest effect when taken pre-conception & 1st trimester
- Folic acid - trying to concieve = 400micrograms/day - spinal cord / prevent NTDS - take until 12th week
- Iron - throughout iron levels should be checked if below 26mg supplement needed. - red blood cells in foetus & prevent anaemia in mum
- NO MULTI-VITAMIN - as despite increasing levels of vitamin D it also increases VIT A - teratogenic
- AVOID - Vit E- studies may help prevent miscarriage, pre-eclampsia & LBW but UNPROVEN and Vit E may actually INCREASE RISK OF STILL BIRTH
- Certain situations Vit K to reduce risk of bleeding for newborn
- Fatty acids - in late pregnancy supplementation with fish oils will increase in the omega 3 fatty acids in body - beneficial as can be passed on to baby after birth through breast milk
- Older adults
- antioxidants - A,C,E
- B vits
- Calcium/Vit D
- zinc
- Iron/vit c
- magnesium
- Pregnancy
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