Ascorbic acid (AsA or vitamin C) is an essential human micronutrient predominantly obtained from plants. Our primate ancestor lost its ability to synthesize AsA at a time when its diet was rich in AsA. Today, eating sufficient fruits and vegetables to ob
For vitamin D, there are no dietary reference values for the age group 4–64 years as it is considered that UV exposure provides sufficient quantities of vitamin D, but there is now mounting evidence of widespread vitamin D insufficiency in the population. Weight-bearing physical activity is ...
Pregnant women who are deficient in vitamin D seem to be at greater risk of developing preeclampsia and needing a cesarean section. Poor vitamin D status is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus and bacterial vaginosis in pregnant women. It is also ...
The theory of retrograde menstruation is the most relevant among all these theories. The aim is to study the content of folic acid, vitamins B1, D, E, ferritin in the blood, zinc, copper, calcium in the blood and removed uterine tissues, to assess the hormonal status in women with ...
Effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on bone density in men and women 65 years of age or older. BACKGROUND: Inadequate dietary intake of calcium and vitamin D may contribute to the high prevalence of osteoporosis among older persons. METHODS: We studi... B Dawson-Hughes,SS Harris...
If the vitamin A supply of the mother is inadequate, her supply to the fetus will also be inadequate, as will later be her milk. These inadequacies cannot be compensated by postnatal supplementation. A clinical study in pregnant women with short birth intervals or multiple births showed that ...
[The importance of dispensary service for women in the prevention of habitual abortion] 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 8 作者: LA Mozzhukhina 摘要: [Article in Russian] 关键词: ABORTION, HABITUAL HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT SERVICE 年份: 1962 ...
Evaluation of the effects of vitamin D receptor and estrogen receptor 1 gene polymorphisms on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms on bone mineral density (BMD...
4 8 Intervertebral disc space measured at baseline and after 5 years (yrs) in age-matched postmenopausal women (age =51.4±0.5 years) treat- ed with calcium and vitamin D supplementation (control group; n=79) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT; n=75); *p<0.001 vs. ...
Moringa oleifera (moringa) is a very common scientifically acclaimed food supplement which can be added to several meals at various stages of preparation. The content vitamin A, calcium, iron, vitamin C, potassium and protein in Moringa oleifera leaves exceeds most plants [38]. Medicinally, ...