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I Wonder If an Excess of Vitamins Can Harm My Baby and Me?
The add vitamins and folic acid during pregnancy and indicate that there is an increased requirement for these nutrients during the year.
The fact that you have a balanced diet does not guarantee you receive the required doses for both, using the correct dose prescribed by your doctor not run the risk of hypervitaminosis, depending on the type of vitamin.
For example, excess vitamin A, it can produce teratogenic effects on the fetus
REMEMBER
Maternal nutrition influences fetal growth in women taking vitamin supplements during pregnancy reduce the risk that their children are born very small, both in weight and size, but before taking any supplement, talk with your health health to find out if you need and how to take.
Some supplements may be harmful during pregnancy. In addition, large amounts of some can be risky.
Do not consume vitamins and minerals your health professional has advised you not. Taking large amounts of vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin A, can be dangerous. Do not take more than 6,000 IU (international units) of vitamin A daily.
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How To Treat Anemia With Healthy foods
Treatment of anemia depends on the type, cause and severity of the disease. Treatments may include dietary changes, nutritional supplements, medicines or procedures.
Treatment Goals
The goal is to increase the amount of oxygen that blood can carry. Is achieved by increasing the number of red blood cells or hemoglobin. Another goal is to treat the underlying condition or the cause of anemia.
Changes in diet and nutritional supplements
Low levels of vitamins or iron in the body can cause some types of anemia. These low concentrations can be caused by poor diet or certain diseases or health problems.
To increase the concentrations of vitamins or iron the doctor may ask you to make changes to your diet or take vitamins or iron supplements. A widely used vitamin supplements are vitamin B12 and folic acid. Sometimes there is vitamin C to help the body absorb iron.
Iron
Your body needs iron to produce hemoglobin. The body can more easily absorb iron from meat than vegetables or other foods. To treat anemia, the doctor may recommend eating more meat (especially red meat such as beef and liver), as well as chicken, turkey, pork, fish and seafood.
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Diet and Weight in Pregnancy
Weight gain during pregnancy has to be from 0.9 to 1.4 kg per month of pregnancy, or from 11 to 13.5 kg in a woman of average height. A weight gain between 13.5 and 15.8 kg fat is excessive and represents both the fetus and the mother.
Keep in mind that it is more difficult to control weight gain in later stages of pregnancy, so it is imperative not to increase the bulk of the total weight during the first months, however, poor weight gain is a sign negative, particularly if less than 4.5 kg.
No dieting is never recommended during pregnancy, even in very obese patients, it is essential that there be some increase in weight for good fetal development, and the system reduces the supply of nutrients to the fetus.
All the extra weight will be lost, at the latest, during the year following the birth, with a healthy diet and regular activity. Sometimes the simple fluid retention causing weight gain, who will miss a week after giving birth.
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