Happy Friday! I just came across a great new study recently released by the University of Michican on Calcium and pregnancy. Although I am long past the pregnancy stage (my kids are 16 & 12), I think this is very important for all women who are pregnant or thinking about having a child anytime soon. The more you can do to have a healthy baby the better.
This study shows that women who take 1,200 mg of a calcium supplement daily have a 31 percent reduction in the amount of lead in their blood, reducing fetal and infant exposure.
" Lead exposure during fetal development and infancy can cause low birth weight or slow weight gain after birth, cognitive defects such as lower intelligence scores, lower motor and visual skills, or even miscarriage. Damage from lead exposure and poisoning is usually permanent."
Read more about this important study now! Read
Posted by: Lori S. on Friday, September 12, 2008
Good news on something you can do while you are pregnant to reduce the amount of lead in your blood. Thanks for posting Leslie. I saw this and also wanted to share about when I was pregnant two years ago I was not able to swallow pills and calcium is one of the worst. Every time I would try I would just gag. I ended up not wanting to take any prenatal or calcium because it was so bad. I finally found a liquid calcium and that made all the difference in the world. It was so easy to get down. Now I tell everyone that liquid is definitely the way to go!