if i see one more news article, or post on here, claiming to absolutly debunk a supplement with a long history of efficacy based on a SINGLE study...
someone is gonna get ninja'd up [":)]
Posted 31 March 2006 - 06:11 PM
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http://news.bbc.co.u...lth/4859984.stm
Vitamins 'may up pregnancy risk'
The condition can be fatal to mother and child
High doses of vitamin supplements may raise the risk of pre-eclampsia in
pregnant women rather than protecting against it, research suggests.
Up to 25,000 British women every year are affected by pre-eclampsia,
which causes blood pressure to rise to levels which threaten mother and
baby.
Vitamin C and E were thought to cut the risk.
But a Lancet study by the charity Tommy's found women at high-risk
should not take large doses of the vitamins.
Careful management has long been seen as the best way to deal with
pre-eclampsia
Michael Rich
Pre-eclampsia has been linked to the production of highly charged, toxic
molecules called free radicals by the placenta.
A previous small-scale study carried out by the same charity suggested
vitamin C and E could tackle this risk by blocking the damage caused by
free radicals.
However, the latest study found the reverse appeared to be true.
Some 2,400 expectant mothers with high blood pressure, kidney problems,
clotting disorders or diabetes were given either extra vitamin
supplements or a placebo.
The team discovered that pre-eclampsia appeared about a week earlier
among those who received the vitamins - and they were also 15% more
likely to deliver low birth-weight babies.
Researcher Professor Lucilla Poston said: "Our findings of an increase
in low birth weight and an increased need for treatment for
pre-eclampsia suggest that these high doses of vitamins C and E do not
work in preventing pre-eclampsia in this high-risk group."
Folic acid
Her colleague Professor Andrew Shennan stressed there was no evidence
that taking pregnancy-specific multivitamin preparations would produce
the same results.
He stressed that it was important that pregnant women, and those trying
for a baby continued to take folic acid supplements to reduce the risk
of neural tube defects, such as spina bifida.
Michael Rich, of the charity Action on Pre-eclampsia, said: "Thousands
of women throughout the UK and, indeed the world, will be massively
disappointed to hear the news that the vitamins in pre-eclampsia trial
has shown no benefit.
"We had high hopes for the use of high dose vitamins C and E in reducing
the risk of developing pre-eclampsia.
"However, a good thing that has come out of the trial is that it will
prevent the use of high dose vitamin C and E slipping into clinical
practice.
"Careful management has long been seen as the best way to deal with
pre-eclampsia - that remains the same."
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