PRENATAL VITAMINS PREVENT COMPLICATIONS

Pregnancy Over 40 - Pre-eclampsia May Be Reduced With The Right Vitamins

I've always used some type of multivitamin. I especially like multivitamins because it's sort of "one stop shopping" to get most of your vitamins and minerals in one tablet.
I recently read a review of multivitmins from one of the leading consumer magazines. Most well-known brands of multivitmins were tested and found to have what they claimed inside of them. The only recommendation they had was to stay away from some bargain brands such as those found in dollar stores.
 Multivitamins should be used along with a healthy well-balanced diet. Here is an article that explains how multivitamins can reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia:
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SEE ALSO: FERTILITY FOODS, PREGNANCY FOODS AND FERTILITY DIET FOR IMPORTANT NUTRIENTS FOR GETTING PREGNANT(getpregnantover40.com)
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"Our data show that women who are not overweight before pregnancy and who used multivitamins at least once a week before conception and in the first three months of pregnancy reduced their risk of preeclampsia by a striking 72 percent compared to those who didn't take a multivitamin during this time period," said researcher Lisa Bodnar. She added that because multivitamins contain many nutrients, it was difficult to know the exact mechanism by which the risk of preeclampsia was reduced."

..."Preeclampsia is a potentially devastating condition for mother and baby," said co-researcher James M. Roberts. "It may be that taking a multivitamin prior to conception positively influences embryonic implantation, which is a physiologic process known to be abnormal in preeclampsia."
from: (www.aphroditewomenshealth.com)

PREGNANCY DIET TO AVOID OBESITY: ANTIOXIDANTS KEY

Pregnancy Over 40 and Antioxidants

Eating and supplementing your diet with antioxidants my be especially important during pregnancy.
 I've heard that the obesity epidemic in this country is partly due to the lifestyle and high fat high carb diet, but also it can partially be attributed to the mother's prenatal diet (and whether or not the mother was overweight or obese before pregnancy. This study talks about how it could prevent diabetes and obesity in your baby.

See Also: Foods for Fertility and Pregnancy (www.get pregnant over 40.com)

From the article:

NaturalNews) Antioxidants play a crucial role in preventing the onset of disease, and they can make all the difference in determining whether or not children develop glucose intolerance or become obese. According to a new study out of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHP), women who consume high amounts of antioxidants before and during their pregnancies may be protecting their children against diabetes and obesity.
Noting that diets high in bad fats and carbohydrates cause harmful oxidative stress that leads to obesity and diabetes, researchers decided to study the effect that antioxidants have in mitigating their onset. The team fed four groups of test rats either a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet, or a healthier and more balanced diet. The first two groups received such diets with no additional antioxidants, while the other two received extra antioxidants with their diets.
At the conclusion of the study, the group eating the unhealthy "Western" diet with no added antioxidants had significantly higher rates of inflammation and oxidative stress than the other groups, and their offspring were larger and had highers rates of glucose intolerance. The Western diet group that consumed added antioxidants, however, produced offspring with markedly lower rates of glucose intolerance and no obesity whatsoever -- and these conditions persisted even after two months.

excerpted from
www.naturalnews.com