Comments for The Mother and Child Foundation http://www.mother-and-child.org Working for good health in Mothers and Children Mon, 24 May 2010 09:51:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on Research project in mainstream school children by Brother Phil http://www.mother-and-child.org/?p=242&cpage=1#comment-149 Brother Phil Mon, 24 May 2010 09:51:56 +0000 http://www.mother-and-child.org/?p=242#comment-149 Hi Maria, this is something to be aware of, and you should always be paying attention to where your food comes from, especially if you are expecting or breastfeeding,and for children. Food supplement manufacturers are aware of this issue, though, and reputable suppliers pay close attention to avoiding heavy metals in their products. Hi Maria,
this is something to be aware of, and you should always be paying attention to where your food comes from, especially if you are expecting or breastfeeding,and for children.

Food supplement manufacturers are aware of this issue, though, and reputable suppliers pay close attention to avoiding heavy metals in their products.

]]> Comment on Research project in mainstream school children by Maria Rogers http://www.mother-and-child.org/?p=242&cpage=1#comment-121 Maria Rogers Tue, 18 May 2010 16:55:51 +0000 http://www.mother-and-child.org/?p=242#comment-121 I am just concerned about the main source of Omega 3 which is the liver of fish. as you can see, fishes can accumulate mercury and pcb. :,~ I am just concerned about the main source of Omega 3 which is the liver of fish. as you can see, fishes can accumulate mercury and pcb. :,~

]]> Comment on Mother and Child Foundation Calls on Parties to Support A New Way to Nutrition and Health. by Brother Phil http://www.mother-and-child.org/?p=261&cpage=1#comment-84 Brother Phil Mon, 03 May 2010 11:42:54 +0000 http://www.mother-and-child.org/?p=261#comment-84 Hi Jacqui, Broadly speaking, there are three problems - The first is that developing nerve tissue, and several enzymes, in the developing brain are dependent on adequate supplies of iron. The second is that anaemia affects the ability of the blood to carry oxygen, which means that maternal anaemia can result in lower levels of oxygen, with the obvious effects on the development of the brain. Finally, if you are anaemic, this is often a sign that your diet is likely to be generally short in essential minerals and vitamins, so there are likely to be other problems. As I'm sure you're aware, not only are you "eating for two" (in terms of nutrients, not calories), but also your blood becomes more diluted whilst you are pregnant, making it especially important to get plenty of iron. Here's a list of some papers which explore the issue - I hope they're helpful. http://journals.lww.com/pedresearch/Fulltext/2000/08000/Perinatal_Iron_Deficiency_and_the_Developing_Brain.3.aspx http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/sbp167v1 http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/137/4/1043 http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/133/10/3215 http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowAbstract&ArtikelNr=75667&Ausgabe=229856&ProduktNr=224107 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1540447/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1888477/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10872738?ordinalpos=1&itool=PPMCLayout.PPMCAppController.PPMCArticlePage.PPMCPubmedRA&linkpos=1 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TBD-46MJ30R-1&_user=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2002&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1320340371&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=6237479c3fb37d8be2b45a88cb0db7a7 http://www.reproduction-online.org/cgi/content/abstract/122/4/527 Thanks for your interest. Phil. Hi Jacqui,

Broadly speaking, there are three problems –
The first is that developing nerve tissue, and several enzymes, in the developing brain are dependent on adequate supplies of iron.
The second is that anaemia affects the ability of the blood to carry oxygen, which means that maternal anaemia can result in lower levels of oxygen, with the obvious effects on the development of the brain.
Finally, if you are anaemic, this is often a sign that your diet is likely to be generally short in essential minerals and vitamins, so there are likely to be other problems.

As I’m sure you’re aware, not only are you “eating for two” (in terms of nutrients, not calories), but also your blood becomes more diluted whilst you are pregnant, making it especially important to get plenty of iron.

Here’s a list of some papers which explore the issue – I hope they’re helpful.
http://journals.lww.com/pedresearch/Fulltext/2000/08000/Perinatal_Iron_Deficiency_and_the_Developing_Brain.3.aspx
http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/sbp167v1
http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/137/4/1043
http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/133/10/3215
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowAbstract&ArtikelNr=75667&Ausgabe=229856&ProduktNr=224107
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1540447/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1888477/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10872738?ordinalpos=1&itool=PPMCLayout.PPMCAppController.PPMCArticlePage.PPMCPubmedRA&linkpos=1
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TBD-46MJ30R-1&_user=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2002&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1320340371&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=6237479c3fb37d8be2b45a88cb0db7a7
http://www.reproduction-online.org/cgi/content/abstract/122/4/527

Thanks for your interest.

Phil.

]]> Comment on Mother and Child Foundation Calls on Parties to Support A New Way to Nutrition and Health. by Jacqui http://www.mother-and-child.org/?p=261&cpage=1#comment-83 Jacqui Mon, 03 May 2010 10:11:24 +0000 http://www.mother-and-child.org/?p=261#comment-83 Can you please point me to the source of your claim that aneamia in pregnancy leads to brain problems in the baby? I am pregnant, and aneamic, and have never found any suggestion of this in all the research I have done. Otherwise a very interesting and worthwhile read, thank you :) Can you please point me to the source of your claim that aneamia in pregnancy leads to brain problems in the baby? I am pregnant, and aneamic, and have never found any suggestion of this in all the research I have done.

Otherwise a very interesting and worthwhile read, thank you :)

]]> Comment on Overweight Pregnant Women May Be Putting Their Infants At Risk by Brother Phil http://www.mother-and-child.org/?p=66&cpage=1#comment-13 Brother Phil Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:21:27 +0000 http://www.mother-and-child.org/?p=66#comment-13 If you want to know more about any of our news articles (as opposed to just wanting to post a link to whatever it is you're selling), then you can click the link at the end of the article to go to our source. If you want to know more about any of our news articles (as opposed to just wanting to post a link to whatever it is you’re selling), then you can click the link at the end of the article to go to our source.

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