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While many women are happy to receive treatment for a condition that is bothering them now, far fewer want to take it to prevent something that may (or may not) happen some time in the future. This is a pity, because there are two serious conditions that are directly related to low levels of oestrogen after the menopause: arterial disease, which can lead to heart attack and stroke and is often fatal, and osteoporosis, which isn’t usually directly fatal, but which causes pain, deformity and a considerably reduced quality of life, and can be an indirect cause of death.

Neither of these diseases usually arises until several years after the ovaries have stopped producing oestrogen, but all women are potentially at risk from them the further they get in time from the menopause. The earlier you have the menopause (surgical or natural), the greater the proportion of your life without oestrogen, so the greater your risk of developing arterial disease and osteoporosis, and the more important it is that you are aware of these long-term consequences of low oestrogen and what you can do about it.

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One of the most important herbs used by herbal therapists for the treatment of hormone problems in women is Vitex agnus castus (also called Chaste Berry or Monk’s Pepper). It is derived from the ripe berries of a Mediterranean shrub but the chemical constituents said to be responsible for its actions in balancing the menstrual cycle have not been defined. Treatment is long-term over many months using doses of about 2 to 3 ml of a 1:5 tincture a day (this means that 5 ml of the final preparation is equivalent to one gram of the dried herb from which the preparation was made). It is common practice in England, and also recommended by German manufacturers, to take Vitex in a single dose each morning before breakfast throughout the cycle. Prolonged use of high doses is not advisable, but a course of six months treatment without a break is said to be necessary for full and lasting improvement. Headache is an occasional side-effect.

The first major clinical studies on Vitex, published in the 1950s, claimed significant improvements in over 60% of women treated for heavy or frequent bleeding. The average duration of bleeding was said to decrease from eight to five days. An English herbalist, Janet Hicks, claims that heavy and prolonged bleeding is best tackled by combining Vitex with muscle relaxants. When women experience symptoms of PMS such as irritability, and menopausal symptoms like hot flushes, she suggests they take Vitex. Then, as the PMS disappears, another herb, Chamaelirium luteum (Holonias), is recommended. Mrs Hicks considers Vitex unsuitable for post-menopausal women and women of any age using hormones such as the Pill, hormone therapy or danazol.

A host of other herbal and nutritional therapies are also in widespread use. The seeds of the horsechestnut are said to be helpful for painful periods; ginseng, motherwort, lime blossom, Cimicifuga racemosay vitamin E and evening primrose oil tablets are all capable of affecting hot flushes; and vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), evening primrose oil and Anemone Pulsatilla can apparently alleviate PMS in some women. At least part of the benefit of these treatments lies in a placebo effect, that is, an effect that is just the same when a harmless substance like a sugar pill is substituted for the substance being tested. This effect is not well-understood but it is well-documented with both orthodox and alternative medicines. It is said to occur in a third or more patients when most treatments are tested.6 It may be that people seek help from health practitioners when their symptoms are at their worst and, when they start to feel better, they put it down to the treatment — although they may have felt better in the same time regardless of whether or not they received treatment. Another possible explanation is that the brain releases chemicals that, for example, suppress pain as a conditioned reflex to receiving a pharmaceutical or alternative medication.

An important nutritional supplement for many women with heavy or prolonged bleeding is iron tablets, which can help to relieve anaemia and associated fatigue. A study of 380 women in the US State of Maine, whose fibroids, abnormal bleeding and chronic pelvic pain were managed without surgery, found that about 6% of those with abnormal bleeding or fibroids had anaemia. A comparison study also conducted in Maine found that 19% of women having hysterectomies for fibroids were anaemic. A measurement of blood haemoglobin (the pigmented substance that gives red blood cells their colour and also carries oxygen through the body) will show whether anaemia is a problem. The iron most easily absorbed by the human body is found in lean meat (especially liver and kidneys), seafoods (especially oysters) and poultry. Less-easily absorbed iron is present in cereals, legumes, vegetables (especially green leafy varieties) and eggs.

The commonly held view that vitamin B6 will cure symptoms of PMS has resulted in many women taking high doses of it (several hundred milligrams a day). Dosages above 25 mg a day are inadvisable as they can lead to damage of the nerve endings in the fingers and toes, as well as dependence. Rather than taking high doses of B,, it is worth considering boosting your intake of foods rich in this vitamin such as bananas, lentils, avocado, fish, eggs, turkey, chicken, tuna, salmon, walnuts and lean meat.

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From research conducted in sleep laboratories, we know that dream erections occur irrespective of the kinds of dreams a man is having, even if the dreams have nothing to do with sex. Male erections coincide with each period of REM sleep night after night without exception. It is difficult to explain with Freud’s theory why all males from young boys to geriatrics have exclusively sexual dreams every time. Dream erections are a basic physiological function of the body and have little to do with the psychology of the mind or the contents of dreams.

Whenever we want to understand the importance of some biological function of the body, we try to observe what happens if that function fails, as, perhaps, in some illness. In the case of dream erections, we look at the illnesses that prevent erections even during REM sleep. This condition is called secondary impotence, in which the patient is unable to have an erection at any time after a physical illness. W. Masters and V. Johnson of The Reproductive Biology Research Foundation in Missouri are leading sex therapists. In their book Human Sexual Response they state: ‘… data … suggest that the penis of the secondarily impotent male attains states of pathological hyperinvolution (when compared to previously established norms), after two to four years of unremitting impotence.’ In other words, the size of the penis begins to shrink. Many geriatric patients with secondary impotence have shrunken penises—some of them are nearly non-existent. Hence, if the penis is not in use for a period of time, it involutes and becomes functionless.

This in fact happens to other biological functions. If a part of our body is put out of use, it will waste away. Paraplegics, often the unfortunate victims of car accidents, completely lose the use of their legs. After a few years the muscles of the legs are wasted and shrunken because they have been unable to function for so long. However, the arms are very muscular and well developed, much more so than before the accident. This is because they have the regular exercise of pushing a wheelchair.

We read in the Bible how man first came to populate this planet. Adam ate the forbidden apple, and Eve got pregnant. From then on there were little Adams and little Eves. Of course, with the apple alone, Eve could not have got pregnant. Our Great Creator had developed a special exercise program for Adam’s penis. Whether Adam liked it or not, his penis was being exercised regularly night after night whenever he entered REM sleep. This regular exercise prepared Adam with a strong equipment, so that he could use it on the night he ate the apple.

Theory states that dream erections are physiological functions, important for the propagation of mankind. Further support for this theory could be obtained by studying other animals to see if they have dream erections during REM sleep, as this may be essential for the propagation of their populations. Of course one can still argue that the animal is having a sexual dream.

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It. is good to achieve mental relaxation and calm during the mental exercises. But we want more than this. We want the calm and ease of mind to carry through in all the aspects of our everyday life. So once we have mastered the relaxation of our body and the relaxation of our mind, the next step is to consciously sustain the feeling of mental relaxation. At first it is easiest to practise this when we are doing relatively simple things, such as walking slowly along the street. During the course of the day when we have to pause or wait for something, we can consciously practise our exercises by allowing ourselves to recapture the feeling of relaxation of our mind. Although we have to do this consciously at first, we soon find that it comes naturally of its own volition. Gradually this ease of mind begins to penetrate all through us, as it were, so that it is with us in all that we do.

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Biological medicine sees arthritis as a systemic disease caused by metabolic disorder and chemical imbalance in the organs, glands, and tissues of the body. The inflammatory and the degenerative changes in the functions of the joints and the surrounding tissues are brought about by the biochemical disturbance, hormonal imbalance, and weakened functions of the vital organs, effected by the prolonged physical and emotional abuses and stresses to which the body has been subjected.

The biological therapies, therefore, are directed at: (1) eradication and correction of the abnormal and health-destroying conditions which have led to the development of the disease; (2) assisting the body’s own healing forces in normalizing all the metabolic processes, cleansing the body of the accumulated toxins and wastes, strengthening the functions of all the vital organs, revitalizing the glandular activity, establishing a chemical balance in the tissues-or, in sum total, rebuilding and strengthening the general health of the patient.

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The EEG is the principal investigation used in epilepsy. Many patients with epilepsy will have an EEG performed, usually after a clinical diagnosis has been made, and before treatment is started. The EEG detects the brain’s electrical activity by sensitive sensors called ‘electrodes’ which are placed on the scalp; these electrodes detect the normal and abnormal electrical activity of the nerve cells within the brain. Most routine EEGs are recorded with the child or adult awake, but EEGs may be arranged after deprivation of sleep or during sleep (spontaneous or induced by drugs).

All hospitals with neurological or neurosurgical departments and some larger, non-specialized hospitals will have facilities for recording a routine EEG. The procedure is simple and painless and, in the case of a routine EEG takes only about 20-30 minutes to complete. The EEG detects and records the brain’s activity; at no time is there any electrical discharge passing from the equipment to the patient. The EEG should not be confused with electroconvulsive therapy or ECT, which is used to treat depressive illnesses, and has nothing to do with epilepsy.

The recording technician first measures the patient’s head for correct placement of the electrodes, which are then placed according to an international system based on the patient’s head size and on measurements taken from the bridge of the nose, and the bony protuberance at the back of the head. Silver electrodes are fastened to the head with a sticky substance called collodion. Alternative electrodes are gauze pads moistened with a salt solution and secured with a rubber cap. Sometimes the patient’s scalp is gently rubbed beneath the electrodes to reduce the electrical resistance of the skin which improves the recording. Twelve electrodes are used in small infants, 20 in older children and adults. Wires from each electrode are then connected to a junction box (head-box), connected in turn to the amplifiers of the EEG machine by a cable. After amplification, the EEG machine records the signals on tape or disc, or displays them directly by ink-jets, pens, or laser on to paper which moves at constant speed, usually 3 cm/second. It is this paper with the written waves that is known as ‘the EEG’ and which is examined and analysed by doctors. The advantage of recording the electrical signals from the different electrodes on to magnetic tape or disc is that they can be recombined in other ways for subsequent more detailed analysis. They can then of course be displayed on paper again at any subsequent time.

During an EEG the child or adult is asked to lie quite still. This is because movement of any part of the body may obscure, or make it difficult to detect the electrical activity of the brain. The technician also in the course of the recording will ask the patient to open and close the eyes (to look for normal patterns of activity which vary according to whether the eyes are opened or not), to breathe deeply for 3 minutes, and to look at a flashing light. Overbreathing (also called hyperventilation) and the flashing-light test (called photic stimulation) are useful ways of activating or provoking abnormal electrical activity from the brain, and are often important in helping to decide what type of seizure or what epilepsy syndrome a person has.

The appearance of the EEG is dependent upon the age of a patient because the brain is developing and maturing rapidly, particularly from birth to 7 or 8 years of age. Generally speaking, a normal adult EEG pattern is reached by the age of 10-12 years and there is then little change until the age of 60 or 70 years. Doctors who analyse EEGs must have some knowledge and understanding about EEG patterns (normal and abnormal) in infants and children, as well as in adults.

The hallmark or typical EEG finding in a patient with epilepsy between seizures is a ‘spike’ or ‘spike and slow wave’ or ‘sharp wave,. A ‘spike’ is a sudden change in voltage that shows up against the background activities. An example of a very abnormal EEG seen in infants with West syndrome. However, even in patients who have epilepsy these abnormalities are not always seen, and this is why the EEG must not be relied upon to make or exclude a diagnosis of epilepsy. The first 20 minute recording of an adult who has had an undoubted tonic-clonic seizure is normal in 40-50 per cent of cases.

For most people with epilepsy, a routine (20-30 minute) EEG is the only necessary test. However, this is only a short period to record the brain’s electrical activity, and it is unlikely that a clinical attack or seizure will occur in this time. If more information is required, then other types or systems of EEG recording may be performed.

(a) EEG after deprivation of sleep: In this situation a patient is asked to make sure they get only 4-5 hours sleep for two consecutive nights. This encourages the occurrence of seizure discharges. Deprivation of sleep may also lead the patient to drowse or to sleep during the recording, and again this encourages the appearance of abnormal EEG discharge.

(b) Drug-induced sleep EEG: A small dose of a sedative drug may encourage the patient to fall asleep during the recording, and again drowsiness and sleep may show abnormalities which may not be present whilst awake.

(c) Ambulatory EEG monitoring: This is a technique of recording an EEG for not just 20 or 30 minutes but for up to 24 or even 48 hours. The electrodes (six, eight or 12, rather than the twenty electrodes in a routine EEG) are wired up to a small tape recorder (like a Walkman cassette player) which is strapped to the waist. After this the child or adult can leave the EEG department, go home and carry on their normal activities, and then return to the EEG department after 24 hours to have the tape analysed or the tape replaced. This procedure is more likely, by the length of the recording alone, to pick up abnormal electrical activity, and is particularly valuable if the person has a fit or seizure during the 24 hours when the electrical activity is being recorded. The tape can be analysed in a special fast-pace display unit, so the doctor does not have to sit watching the EEG for 24-48 hours!

(d) Depth electrodes: On rare occasions, special depth electrodes are used. These are fine wires inserted under sterile conditions into areas of the brain thought possibly to be the site of origin of seizure discharge. This is an important test in those patients who are being considered for surgical treatment of their epilepsy.

(e) Video-telemetry: This is another way of obtaining an EEG over a longer period of time. In this technique the patient has to stay in a room in the hospital for 24 hours or longer. At the same time as the electrical activity is recorded on the EEG, a video camera records the activities of the patient. In this way it is possible to replay repeatedly both simultaneous video and EEG recordings and observe the pattern of the EEG during an attack or seizure. This provides valuable information on the type of epileptic seizure and from where within the brain the seizure may be starting. If no abnormalities are seen on the EEG during an ‘attack’, then almost certainly the attacks are not epileptic. Video-telemetry is really only of practical benefit if the patient is having frequent attacks, as it is otherwise impractical to keep the patient in hospital attached to expensive equipment on the remote chance that a seizure may occur.

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Even more frightening than the ineffective CMO impostors are some of the new drugs now being researched for arthritis. For example, a biotech firm, the Immunex Corporation of Seattle, is trying to resurrect a failed cancer drug and promote its use for arthritis. The company spent billions of dollars developing a drug that turned out to be a total flop for cancer. Now, in an attempt to try to salvage its investment, it is greedily trying to find a way to cram this very dangerous drug into the anti-arthritis category. We find that unconscionable and immoral.

The Wall Street Journal reports, “Scientists are racing to resurrect a set of experimental medicines that figured in one of the most notorious scientific debacles of the biotechnology industry’s short history… The category of drugs largely failed in treating a lethal blood infection. Biotechnology analysts say the success of these new anti-inflammatory medicines is crucial to the industry, which has been in a research slump of late.”

The article continues, “Researchers worry that the new treatments will cause long-term side effects, harming patients’ immune systems and increasing the risk of contracting other serious diseases. In fact, human tests were recently suspended for one experimental arthritis drug, CE9.1, being developed by IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation and SmithKline Beecham PLC. Researchers at those companies encountered worrisome and unexplained immune system effects with the drug.”

Worrisome, indeed, because these drugs are immunosuppressants that can impair immune response to attacking microorganisms or the formation of cancerous tumours. Many experts are fearful. “I think we could cure rheumatoid arthritis by using a combination of the new

medicines, says Dr. Moreland from Alabama. “The problem is, will you have a viable person left after that?”

Existing immunosuppressants like Methotrexate (also called Rheumatrex) designed for the treatment cancer are altogether too liberally prescribed for arthritis. But it’s no wonder doctors get pushed by their desperate patients into prescribing such horrible drugs. The Physicians’ Desk Reference of pharmaceutical drugs (the doctor’s oversized “drug bible”) contains 4 1/2 columns of fine-print precautions contraindications, adverse reactions, and warnings about the side effects of Methotrexate. It states, “There is a potential for severe toxic reactions.” It is one of the most toxic drugs made. And doctors know it. Yet when suffering patients plead for their doctor to “please, please do something for me,” the temptation to prescribe damaging drugs like Methotrexate or cortisone becomes altogether too strong. We’ve seen livers so badly damaged from Methotrexate and\or cortisone that CMO was completely ineffective for those unfortunate patients.

As an immunosuppressant, Methotrexate also inhibits the action of many of the chemicals that are a vital part of the immune system’s defences against invading organisms that cause serious diseases. This is also true of the new drugs from Centocor Inc., Synergen Inc., and Amgen Inc., as well as IDEC. They inhibit the production or action of protective substances like Tumour Necrosis Factor (TNF) and interleukin-1 (IL-1), which could leave a person much more susceptible to cancerous tumours and other diseases, including those caused by invasive viruses and bacteria.

While the arduous process of conventional drug research drags on, the answer is already available in nature. CMO, the natural immunomodulator, already does exactly what those billion dollar projects are looking for. CMO is already clinically proved to be effective against arthritis. It is most important to understand that CMO is not an immune suppressant. Nor is it an immune stimulant. It is an immune modulator. This natural immunomodulator neither suppresses nor stimulates the immune system. It regulates, normalizes, corrects, and controls only those functions within the immune system that have gone amiss.

It does nothing to inhibit proper immune function or response. It acts only on immune programs that have gone awry. That’s why, in thousands of patients, it has been shown to have absolutely no negative side effects.

The only ‘side effects’ so far encountered have been beneficial: lowering high blood pressure, reducing the need for insulin, reducing the inflammation in the lungs of emphysema patients, correcting the blood sedimentation rate of lupus patients, etc. Those are the kinds of ‘side effects’ doctors love to see.

Moreover, CMO is presented in capsule form to be taken orally. The others, which are drugs rather than naturally derived substances, require either slow hypo- dermic drip infusion or several injections every week. With CMO, however, the benefits seem to be permanent or, at least, long lasting. Once the faulty immune programs are normalized, they seem to stay that way.

Furthermore, CMO works for osteoarthritis as well as rheumatoid. (What those multi-million-dollar scientists don’t seem to realize yet is that evidence suggests that autoimmune misprogramming is involved in just about all types of arthritis.)

Considering the success of CMO in its clinical study, the extraordinary results in practical use by physicians, the absence of side effects, success with thousands of users, and its immediate availability to the public, CMO certainly warrants serious consideration as an option for anyone with arthritis.

Try it. It does more than stop the pain. It stops the destruction of your joints as well. Try it. You’ll wish you’d done it sooner.

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Signs and symptoms

Typical symptoms include fever (low-grade – 38.3°C – or as high as 40.6°C), loss of appetite, and headache. One or two days after the onset of these symptoms, one or more of the salivary glands become painfully swollen; the swelling lasts about a week.

The diagnosis of a typical case of mumps is obvious from the swelling of the parotid salivary gland that lies behind, below, and in front of the earlobe. Only a swelling of the parotid gland has the ear-lobe as its center. Other salivary glands, such as the salivary glands which lie under the edge of the jaw, may be swollen with or without swelling of the parotids. Swelling may occur on one or both sides of the face.

Accurately diagnosing mumps may be difficult if complications of mumps develop before, or sometimes even without, swelling of the salivary glands. If the pancreas or ovaries are involved, the child will have abdominal pain. If the testes are involved, they will be swollen and tender. Encephalitis has symptoms of stiff neck, headache, and fever. In the absence of swollen salivary glands, these other symptoms may be difficult to link with mumps.

Home care

Rest and isolation are recommended until all symptoms have gone. Aspirin or paracetamol may be given to reduce pain and fever. Avoid feeding the child spicy foods.

Precautions

• Routine immunization against mumps is strongly advised.

• If a mother is immune to mumps (because she has had it or has been vaccinated against it), her baby acquires some temporary immunity before birth. This immunity lasts only until the infant is four to six months old.

• In an adult man, inflammation of the testes caused by mumps can result in sterility – the inability to conceive a child. That is why it is important for males to be vaccinated against mumps in childhood.

• Attacks that seem to recur are not due to mumps but to inflammation of the parotid salivary gland, a stone in the salivary duct, or a bacterial infection of the gland. These disorders should be reported to your doctor.

Medical treatment

If complications are suspected, your doctor may order a spinal tap to test for meningitis or encephalitis or blood tests to measure the number of mumps antibodies in the blood. (Antibodies are protective substances that the body produces to fight against disease.) Doctors do not follow any specific treatment for mumps, but may hospitalize a child if necessary to arrive at a diagnosis or to provide supportive treatment.

An unvaccinated child may receive mumps vaccine shortly after exposure to the disease to prevent mumps.

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Spreads and dips. The following are all suitable to use as alternatives to margarine or butter: avocado, hummus, baba ganoush, tahini, nut butter/spread (eg. peanut, almond, cashew, hazelnut or macadamia paste) and tomato paste.

Red wine. One glass daily with a meal for women and two glasses for men is an ideal quantity. It is best to have at least three alcohol free days per week.

Dark chocolate. A maximum of 100 grams per day is recommended. Look for chocolate that contains between 70 and 85 percent cocoa solids.

Green tea. Ideally you would drink three cups a day. If you do not like the taste of green tea, purchase a variety that has been flavoured with other herbs such as mint or lemon. Oolong tea is also highly beneficial.

Garlic and onion. These are best eaten raw, as cooking can damage some of the infection fighting properties they contain.

Spices. Ginger, turmeric, fenugreek, rosemary, cumin and others. Most spices have natural antibiotic actions and they are high in antioxidants, helping to reduce inflammation in your body. Many of them are helpful for stabilizing blood sugar levels, thus are good for people with Syndrome X and diabetes. Using spices in your cooking reduces the need for salt. Small amounts of sea salt can be used, unless you have high blood pressure and are sensitive to salt.

Grains. These are all fairly high in carbohydrate and should be limited.

Oats and barley are high in soluble fibre and have cholesterol lowering properties. Rolled oats are best used to make porridge; barley can be added to soups, and some bread contains added barley. Bread should be limited, and only that with a low GI or made of stone ground flour should be used.

Stevia. This can be obtained in powder, tablet and liquid form. Stevia is an ideal natural, non-calorie sweetener to use in place of sugar in tea, coffee and cooking.

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L-Arginine

L-arginine is an amino acid found in many foods. The head of the sperm contains an exceptional amount of this nutrient which is essential for sperm production. As long ago as 1944, researchers found that an arginine-free diet – even for just a few days – prevented sperm maturing correctly.

Since then, a great deal of research has shown that L-arginine supplementation should be considered seriously when there are problems with sperm and male fertility. According to one study, supplementing with L-arginine can help to increase both the sperm count and quality. Other research showed that sperm counts doubled after supplementation and there was also an increase in the number of pregnancies.

Warning

People who have herpes attacks (either cold sores or genital herpes) should not supplement arginine because it stimulates the virus.

Your partner should take 1 000 mg a day.

L-Carnitine

Another amino acid called L-carnitine also appears to be essential for normal functioning of sperm cells. High levels of L-carnitine have been found in sperm cells and it seems the higher the level, the better the sperm count and motility.

Supplementing with L-carnitine over four months helped to increase the number of normal sperm in men with a high percentage of abnormal forms, and to increase their sperm count.142

Your partner should take l00 mg a day.

Vitamin A

This vitamin deserves special mention because there is a lot of confusion about its use before and during pregnancy. The key point is that it is important to have good amounts of vitamin A at the point of conception because it is essential to the developing embryo.

Recently, concerns have been raised about the use of vitamin A while trying to become pregnant and during pregnancy. These problems were brought to light by a number of women who regularly ate large amounts of liver during pregnancy. (In the past, women were told to eat liver when pregnant because it is a good source of iron. However, liver also contains large amounts of the animal form of vitamin A, retinol, and it is this that appears to cause the problems.)

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that pregnant women who take high doses of retinol every day increase their risk of having a handicapped baby. The danger threshold appears to be daily doses in excess of 10,000 IU, which results in a one in 57 chance of having a handicapped baby (compared to those who take just half that dose).

Interestingly, it seems that vegetable sources of vitamin A (beta-carotene) do not cause any defects in an unborn child so eating carrots, tomatoes, cabbage, spinach and broccoli is much safer than eating animal sources of vitamin A.

One of the dangers of giving health advice is that the public reacts by swinging from one extreme to another. This has been the case with vitamin A because the usual recommendation now is to take no vitamin A during pregnancy. Yet the consequences of a deficiency of vitamin A during pregnancy can be just as devastating.

Vitamin A has antioxidant and protective properties similar to those of selenium, which protect against cell mutation. It is essential for healthy eyes and, in animal studies, a deficiency of vitamin A has produced newborn animals with no eyes, eye defects, undescended testes and diaphragmatic hernias.

Benefits of vitamin a in pregnancy

In developing nations, deaths in pregnant women are far from rare and may be as much as 50 to 100 times higher than in industrialized countries. And yet studies show that by taking 42mg of beta-carotene daily, this death rate can be reduced by 49 per cent. By taking vitamin A, as retinol, there can be a reduction of 40 per cent.

You should take up to 5000 IU of Vitamin A a day.

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