SuperFem Multiple Vitamins for Women
Women's Daily Multiple Vitamin & Mineral with Iron and Calcium
| $14.99 | 90 Count Bottle VP5086P | Retail Value $16.90 | |
| $39.99 | 270 Count Bottle VP5086C | Retail Value $44.90 |
Comprehensive natural nutritional formulation developed specifically for women . Each easy-to-take tablet supplies a complete range of essential vitamins, minerals including Iron and high-potency Calcium, plus valuable Digestive Enzymes, Bioflavonoids, Antioxidants and Nutritive Whole Food-Herbal Blend for balanced daily nutritional support.
Recommended dosage is one tablet per meal, (total of 3 tablets daily)
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Homocysteine: Heart Attack Risk & Weakens Bones!
Heart disease, breast cancer and osteoporosis (weakening of the bones) are the leading health issues facing women in America. Although deaths from heart attack in men have been decreasing for 15 years, they have remained steady for women. Most women are aware of the risk factors of heart disease, such as high blood pressure, abnormal blood fats, cigarette smoking, diabetes, obesity and physical inactivity. The body’s own production of homocysteine has been linked to increased risk of heart attack, stroke and blood clots.
Researchers found that high blood levels of homocysteine also increase the risk of hip fractures in older adults. Women with high homocysteine concentrations had a nearly 200 percent greater chance of sustaining a hip fracture than those with lower levels. Consuming adequate amounts of B Complex Vitamins (including Folic Acid) is the best way to lower homocysteine. Good food sources include asparagus, avocado, beans, beets, broccoli, liver, cereals, corn, peanut butter, peas, spinach and tofu. (New England Journal of Medicine, 350:2033-2041, 2004).
Folic Acid May Also Boost Baby's Behavior
Recognized As Beneficial For Maternal and Infant Health...
Recommendations to increase Folate (folic acid) intakes during the early stages of pregnancy may reduce mental and emotional health problems in children, says a new study.
Dutch researchers report that the children of mothers who took Folic Acid supplements during pregnancy were better behaved (including the ability internalize and externalize problems) compared to the children of mothers who did not take supplements, according to findings published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
The research adds to the mother and child benefits of Folic Acid, in addition to the established link at reducing the incidence of neural tube defects (NTDs).
An overwhelming body of evidence links has linked Folate deficiency in early pregnancy to increased risk of NTDs, most commonly spina bifida and anencephaly in infants.
This connection led to the 1998 introduction of public health measures in the US and Canada, where all grain products are fortified with Folic Acid, the bioavailable form of Folate used in supplements.
Preliminary evidence indicates that the measure is having a beneficial effect with a reported 15 to 50% reduction in NTD incidence. In Chile, the measure has been associated with a 40% reduction in NTDs. A total of 51 countries now have some degree of mandatory fortification of flour with Folic Acid.
In the new study from Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, researchers assessed the Folic Acid supplement use of the mothers of 4,214 toddlers during the first trimester of pregnancy using a questionnaire. The children underwent a behavioural test at age 18 months.
According to their findings, children of mothers who did not use folic acid supplements in the first trimester had a higher [44 per cent] risk of total problems.
Children of mothers regularly using Folic Acid were protected from internalizing and externalizing their problems, even when the researchers took into account their mothers' characteristics.
Commenting on the potential mechanism, the researchers note several potential mechanisms including the role of Folates on the direct development of the central nervous system. This essential B-Complex vitamin plays a key role in the production of brain cel and has also been linked to the synthesis of various neurotransmitters.
Another possible mechanism is how Folate indirectly effects fetal growth, noting that Folic Acid supplements have been linked to heavier babies, and that a lower birth weight has previously been linked to to behavioural and emotional problems.
"Inadequate use of folic acid supplements during early pregnancy may be associated with a higher risk of behavioural problems in the offspring" wrote the researchers.
"Folic acid supplementation in early pregnancy, aimed to prevent neural tube defects, may also reduce mental health problems in children," they concluded.
Source: British Journal of Nutrition "Maternal folic acid supplement use in early pregnancy and child behavioural problems: The Generation R Study"
