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Vegetarian Diets for Pregnancy
Vegetarian Diets for Pregnancy Pregnancy means eating for two. But it helps to remember that one of you is very small. So while you will need more nutrition, your overall diet will not be dramatically different from your normal eating pattern. Calorie needs increase only modestly during pregnancy. In the first tr |
Birth Defect Statistics
Birth Defect Statistics General Definition of a birth defect: Abnormal development of the fetus resulting in death, malformation, growth retardation, and functional disorders. Approximately 120,000 babies are born each year with birth defects. Approximately 3 perc |
Birth Defect Statistics
General Definition of a birth defect: Abnormal development of the fetus resulting in death, malformation, growth retardation, and functional disorders. Approximately 150,000 babies are born each year with birth defects. Approximately 3 percent of al |
March of Dimes-Funded Animal Experiments: Commonly Asked Questions
March of Dimes-Funded Animal Experiments: Commonly Asked Questions Animal Welfare 1. Does the March of Dimes still fund shocking animal experiments? 2. Is there any evidence for the poor treatment of animals in March of Dimes experiments? 3. How can there be any pain or suffe |
Vegetarian Starter Kit
Vegetarian Diets for Pregnancy During pregnancy your need for nutrients increases. For example, you will require more calcium, more protein, and more folic acid, although your calorie needs increase only modestly. It is important to eat foods that are rich in nutrients, but |
Fish Oil Does Not Benefit Baby's Cognition or Mom's Depression
Consumption of fish oil during pregnancy does not benefit babies’ cognitive development or mothers’ mood, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Pregnant women who consumed 800 mg of a DHA-rich fish oil supplement each day during pregnancy showed no benefits for depr |
Vegetarian Foods: Powerful for Health
Vegetarian Foods: Powerful for Health World-renowned figures as diverse as philosophers Plato and Nietzsche, political leaders Benjamin Franklin and Gandhi, and pop icons Paul McCartney and Bob Marley have all advocated a vegetarian diet. Science is also on the side of v |
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CHILDREN’S HEALTH Fast Food Fuels Childhood Obesity A new study from the Children’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School supports the idea that fast food contributes to obesity in childre |
More Vegetables for Mom Decreases Risk of Diabetes for Baby
In a new study published in Pediatric Diabetes, researchers found that women who consumed the least amount of vegetables during pregnancy were more likely to have babies who developed type 1 diabetes. Compared with women who ate vegetables daily, those consuming vegetables only three to five times per week had a 71 |
Doctors Endorse Vegan and Vegetarian Diets for Healthy Pregnancies
WASHINGTON—Well-planned vegetarian and vegan diets are healthful choices for pregnant women and their children, and vitamin B12 needs can be easily met with fortified foods or any common multivitamin, say doctors and dietitians with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). PCRM nutrition exp |
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RESEARCH ETHICS By Kristie Stoick, M.P.H., and John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C. Microdosing Proves Superior to Animal Drug Tests Preliminary data released in June as part of a European Union partnership project provides more evidence that mic |
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DISCOVERIES ON DIET Vegetarian Kids Get an “A” In Nutrition A University of Minnesota study has shown that middle and high school students who followed a vegetarian diet were more likely to meet the objectives of Healthy People 2010, which includes U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic |
New Study Shows Animal-Based Testing of Drugs and Chemicals Puts Unborn Children at Risk of Birth Defects
WASHINGTON—Pregnant women may unknowingly be putting their unborn children at risk of birth defects by taking over-the-counter medications and prescription drugs, and using common household chemicals, according to a new study published in the May issue of the research journal, Biogenic Amines. “The Fut |
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RESEARCH ETHICS By Kristie Sullivan, M.P.H. Toxicity Testing New Advances Reduce and Replace Animal Tests Two recent advances from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will help reduce the use of animals in test |
March of Dimes-Funded Animal Experiments: An Overview
March of Dimes-Funded Animal Experiments: An Overview EXTENT, COST, and TYPES of ANIMALS USED The March of Dimes does not report the number of animals used per year. The March of Dimes uses many different species of animals, including primates, cats, dogs, rabbits, pigs, hamsters, fe |
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