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Increased magnesium intakes may reduce mortality risk
5 December 2013
A new study from Spain says that people at a high risk of cardiovascular disease may reduce their risk of dying by increasing magnesium intakes.
11 June 2014
According to a new US study low blood vitamin D levels are widespread in women and their early preterm infants at birth. The infants may not receive adequate vitamin D supplementation during hospitalization.
The observational study assessed the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D concentrations at birth of 120 infants born at or before 32 weeks of conception and their mothers (1). The study found vitamin D levels below 20 ng/ml in 63% of mothers, 64% of infants at birth, and 35% of infants at discharge from the hospital. Sixty percent of the infants had attained 400 IU of vitamin D by discharge.
The researchers concluded that neither the vitamin D intake, nor the recommended serum vitamin D concentrations above 50 nmol/L (20 ng/ml) were attained in the majority of the early preterm infants. The vitamin D levels of the infants were directly correlated with maternal vitamin D status at birth. Therefore, vitamin D status should be optimized in pregnant women as part of strategy to replete the offspring. The scientists called for increased attention to vitamin D levels and supplementation of vitamin D among early preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units to assure sufficient vitamin D levels. Early preterm infants are at an additional risk for vitamin D deficiency, since they often do not have adequate time for proper development and nutrient transfer from the mother.
5 December 2013
A new study from Spain says that people at a high risk of cardiovascular disease may reduce their risk of dying by increasing magnesium intakes.
1 August 2014
Maternal nutritional status, diet and exposure to environmental factors are increasingly acknowledged as potential factors affecting fetal growth, both by altering nutrient availability to the fetus and by modulating placental gene expression, thus modifying placental function.
23 October 2017
In this month’s expert opinion, Dr. Robert J Winwood, UK Council for Responsible Nutrition and DSM Nutritional Products, Kaiseraugst, Switzerland, provides his analysis of the role micronutrient intake has on the trajectory of Alzheimer’s Disease.