Posted on 04/06/2023 8:14:01 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A new study shows that 90 percent of pregnant women do not receive adequate nutrients during pregnancy from food alone and must look to supplements to fill that deficit. However, they also discovered that 99 percent of the affordable dietary supplements on the market do not contain appropriate doses of key micronutrients that are urgently needed to make up for the nutritional imbalance.
"Nutrition is critical for a healthy mom and a healthy baby. Too little of certain nutrients can cause pre-term birth, low birthweight, birth defects and other health challenges. At the same time, too much could change how a baby's body develops and their risk of having health problems in the future", said Katherine Sauder, Ph.D. "That's why eating a balanced diet and choosing a good prenatal vitamin is so important."
The study followed 2,450 women throughout their pregnancy. Researchers first analyzed data about what the participants ate and drank during their pregnancies. They then determined what amounts of vitamin A, vitamin D, folic acid, calcium iron and omega-3 fatty acids each participant was getting from the food alone and determined how much they needed in order to meet the nutritional guidelines recommended by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) during pregnancy. Then, compared more than 20,000 vitamins that are available in the U.S. that contained additional nutrients.
"Out of all the prenatal and general vitamins analyzed, we found only one that may potentially give pregnant patients the optimal amounts of the most important nutrients. But, the monthly cost of this supplement can be too high for some people, and it requires pregnant people to take seven pills a day," Sauder said.
Sauder says more research on nutrients in foods is also needed to help pregnant patients get more of these key nutrients in their daily diets.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
“The target dose for supplementation was ≥198 mcg retinol activity equivalents of total vitamin A (with ≤2063 mcg preformed retinol); 7–91 mcg vitamin D; 169–720 mcg dietary folate equivalents of folic acid; 383–943 mg calcium; 13–22 mg iron; and ≥59 mg ω-3 FAs. Out of 20,547 dietary supplements (including 421 prenatal products), 69 products (33 prenatal) contained all 6 nutrients; 7 products (2 prenatal) contained target doses for 5 nutrients. Only 1 product (not a prenatal) contained target doses for all 6 nutrients, but it currently costs ∼USD200/mo and requires 7 tablets per daily serving.”
It would seem women need to supplement their prenatal supplement to get the levels the paper said are truly needed.
At least with their work, you now know and can do it.
I recommend food.
Disclaimer: I am not a physician, a nutritionist or a college graduate. I am pretty healthy for an old fart who smokes tobacco.
American Frankenfood is not food. If women would consume a species appropriate diet (protein, fat, non-processed carbohydrates), they would be healthy.
The sick care system (coopted physicians, insurance companies & Pharma) consign the population to disease and shortened lives.
The prenatal vitamins created by Pharma and promoted by many ob-gyns are absolute junk. They typically contain both the cheapest synthetic vitamin forms, some of which are proven harmful. We fired 2 prospective ob-gyns before my oldest was born, before finally finding an OB with proper wellness training. One of the two was pro-abortion and the other had zero clue about good quality supplements.
Bingo
I recommend food.
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That’s correct.
Excess retinol can cause problems. Half the retinol Americans consume is from supplements. Americans might be making historical records on retinol consumption. Those nutcases wonder whether Americans get enough retinol.
My doctor prescribes 10 nutritional supplements for me. Makes them deductible expenses. I pay for them, but keep receipts. Any MD can do that.
Gosh - what did pregnant women do before all these supplements were available? They push this crap like Pfizer pushes jabs...
There is a lot of iodine deficiency among pregnant women, what it was 50 years ago times 7. A lot more iodine deficiency, and a lot more thyroid cancer. The idiot who wrote this article didn’t mention the word iodine.
The soil wasn’t depleted like it is now back in the 1950s. Bad agricultural practices has drastically reduced the amount of micro-nutrients in food.
In the 70s, companies started adding bromine to bread. Bromine reduces iodine in people’s bodies.
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