Re: Supplements during Pregnancy

[Guest guest]

>

> Dear Bee,

>

> It's been a long time since I posted...have just been digging in to

the

> diet and enjoying the fuller days that my improving health affords

me.

> I hope that all is well with you.

+++Hi Nicola. It is wonderful to hear from you. I'm so happy you

are enjoying improved health. Everything is very good with me!

>

> I've been on the diet since Sept. last year, and am improving in

leaps and bounds, am on the last leg, just am not yet able to eat

carbs much yet (I occasionally have the buckwheat pancakes, and so

long as it remains occasional, do not suffer with candida

overgrowth).

>

> So firstly, a huge thank you, because you've gotten me this far. I

> always give thanks for you and pray God's blessing upon you.

+++I am trully honored to have helped you, and I am definitely

blessed.

>

> I would like to ask your advice again, please. I have been looking

> through your site, and older messages, but would like to check out

a few things about what is safe to take if pregnant.

>

> Firstly, I guess I would quit drinking Pau d'arco. Though I should

be ok with the full garlic daily dose, yes?

+++Yes, that is correct.

> On all my supplements, nothing is mentioned about pregnancy,

except of course on the vitamin A, and also on my Niacin (I have been

taking 150mg niacin twice a day (50mg of which is in my Vit B

complex)...woud you recommend reducing that amount?

+++What is being stated about vitamin A and pregnancy? You can

safely take that amount of niacin.

>

> Then on your site I saw that buckwheat can prevent

implantation...so

> would the buckwheat pancakes interfere with a pregnancy?

+++Buckwheat would interfere with pregnancy; it only interferes with

getting pregnant, and I'm sure it would have to a lot of it.

>

> I've never felt as healthy as I do now, and know that I'll be

staying with this wonderful diet for the rest of my life, God

willing.

+++So, are you pregnant now?

>

> Thank you for everything.

+++You are so very welcome.

The best in health, Bee

[Guest guest]

Hi Bee, and thanks for your reply.

On my Vit A bottle, it says not to take during pregnancy (it is

5000iu per drop), and in a book I was given it says to take a maximum

of 2664iu of Vit A if prgenant.

Can you just check what you wrote to me about buckwheat below? Is it

that buckwheat should be avoided when trying to conceive, but once

conception has taken place, it is safe to eat?

>

> +++Buckwheat would interfere with pregnancy; it only interferes

with

> getting pregnant, and I'm sure it would have to a lot of it.

> >

I'm not sure yet if I am pregnant, it's a bit of a hunch... I'll have

to get a test kit when I go shopping next. But I thought it worth

finding out about any changes I'd need to make if I am pregnant.

I'll let you know!

Thanks again!

Love,

Nicola

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Bee, and thanks for your reply.

>

> On my Vit A bottle, it says not to take during pregnancy (it is

> 5000iu per drop), and in a book I was given it says to take a

maximum of 2664iu of Vit A if prgenant.

+++Hi Nicola. The reason low doses of vitamin A are recommended for

pregnant women is because of a " flawed " study that claimed higher

doses of vitamin A caused birth defects. However they only had women

fill out questionnaires, no blood tests were done, and they did not

differentiate between " true " vitamin A (retinol) and synthetic

vitamin A. Therefore the study comes to totally false conclusions.

+++It is extremely important that mothers obtain enough vitamin A or

their baby will definitely have serious defects, as Dr. Price proved,

i.e. cleft palate, harelip, club feet, eye problems, etc.

+++Also, here's two reputable studies that found the opposite was

true:

1) A study carried out in Rome, Italy found no congenital

malformations among 120 infants exposed to more than 50,000 IU of

vitamin A per day.

2) A study from Switzerland looked at blood levels of vitamin A in

pregnant women and found that a dose of 30,000 IU per day resulted in

blood levels that had no association with birth defects.

++The reference for this information is Vitamin A Saga:

http://westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/vitaminasaga.html

Scroll down to the section " Vitamin-A Vagary. "

+++So you are taking vitamin A separate from omega 3 and vitamin D,

when all three are in cod liver oil. What is the source of your

vitamin A?

> Can you just check what you wrote to me about buckwheat below? Is

it that buckwheat should be avoided when trying to conceive, but once

> conception has taken place, it is safe to eat?

+++My information was correct, as the article " Herbs to Avoid During

Pregnancy " states:

Implantation Preventers (means it interferes with the fertilized egg

attaching to the uterus properly)

-Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota)

-Rue (Ruta graveolens)

-Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

-Elder (several varieties of the elder tree)

-Smartweed leaves (Polygonum hydropiper)

Love, Bee

[Guest guest]

Hi again Bee, and thanks again for the info.

> +++So you are taking vitamin A separate from omega 3 and vitamin D,

> when all three are in cod liver oil. What is the source of your

> vitamin A?

I'm using Biocare Liquid Vitamin A (ing. extra virgin olive oil,

Vitamin A as Retinyl Palmitate) Hope that makes sense to you!

Love,

Nicola

[Guest guest]

>

>

> Hi again Bee, and thanks again for the info.

>

> > +++So you are taking vitamin A separate from omega 3 and vitamin D,

> > when all three are in cod liver oil. What is the source of your

> > vitamin A?

>

> I'm using Biocare Liquid Vitamin A (ing. extra virgin olive oil,

> Vitamin A as Retinyl Palmitate) Hope that makes sense to you!

+++Hi Nicola. That is not the correct form of vitamin A. " True "

vitamin A is called retinol, and is found in fish liver oils like

shark, halibut, cod. Retinyl palmitate may be the synthetic form,

which can be toxic in higher doses. In any case that form must be

converted by the body into a form it can use, which is

called " retinol. " And most candida sufferers cannot make that

conversion very well.

You should take cod liver oil to get 3 important nutrients, i.e. omega

3, and vitamins A & D, unless you are able to get enough sun exposure

(85% of the skin exposed for at least 20 minutes per day when UBV rays

from the sun are the highest). If you get enough sun every day you can

take fish oil (not fish liver oil) for omega 3, and get vitamin A from

a separate supplement, i.e. halibut, cod or shark liver oil (without

vitamin A) - see this article for details on amounts, nutrients levels

in different kinds of cod liver oil, etc.:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/cod2.php

Love, Bee

[Guest guest]

>

> Bee,

>     Hi!  Please forgive me for taking your time with this question that I know

you have answered before, but I need some reassurance.  I have been following

the diet and have felt soooo much better.  I am now pregnant and concerned about

some of the supplement dosages.  My midwife suggested I cut way back on vitamin

E, vitamin A, and vitamin C since these are all way above the RDA on this diet. 

>      I have read that dosages above 10,000 iu vitamin A can cause birth

defects - is there a difference if it is not synthetic or something?

>      My midwife is concerned that the high dosages of vitamin C would cause a

withdrawal in the baby when he is born and cause a sort of scurvy.

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@@ Hi Suzanne,

I sympathize with your need for reassurance, however as Bee has stated

previously, you would change nothing with the diet or the supplements during

pregnancy.

Moreover, you need these supplements as well as the quality nutrients found in

this diet even more during your pregnancy.

Your midwife is relaying misinformation based on a flawed study using food

recall surveys which are a notoriously inaccurate method of determining nutrient

intake. Actually, deficiency in Vitamin A can cause birth defects. Tell your

midwife to review the article below.

Source link:

http://www.westonaprice.org/Vitamin-A-for-Fetal-Development.html

If vitamin A is lacking during pregnancy, the organs of the fetus develop

abnormally or not at all. The Vitamin A recommended on this program is true

Vitamin A which is called retinol, and is found in fish liver oils like shark,

halibut, cod. Retinyl palmitate is synthetic which you aren't taking.

Moreover, A 1998 study from Switzerland looked at vitamin A in pregnant women

and found that a dose of 30,000 IU per day resulted in blood levels that had no

association with birth defects.

Vitamin C treats scurvy , the lack of Vitamin C causes scurvy ..LOL!

Nonetheless, Suzanne relax and keep on track with the program & recommended

supplements. Bee , moderators and others may chime in to lend you more support

later on. Relax and be well.

And please ask your midwife to read that article to revise her information as so

she can direct you with better support.

Onward and upward,

Ed