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New evidence (1) suggests that vitamin D may be important in preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a serious condition also known as: pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH); proteinuric gestational hypertension; and toxaemia of pregnancy. It is a form of high blood pressure (hypertension) that develops in conjunction with water retention (oedema) and/or excess protein in the urine (proteinuria). [...]  In August last year I wrote about the possible role of a diet in the prevention of preeclampsia with specific reference to maintaining a healthy body weight, dietary fibre, fruits, vegetables, antioxidant vitamins and omega 3 fatty acids. I was very interested to read a recently published study (1) which has found that regular [...] One of my close friends is pregnant (I am very excited)! We were chatting about pregnancy health and the topic of preeclampsia came up. Recently a study(1) was published which suggests that increasing the amount of fibre eaten during early pregnancy may help to reduce the risk of preeclampsia developing later. I thought now [...] |
  
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