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Pregnancy is a time for substantial changes in a woman’s body in many ways, including hormonal, mental and physical. This growth and development process needs fuel and constant support, and the overall nutritional status of the mother is central to the outcome of the pregnancy and health of the baby. Birth defects, birthing complications [...]  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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