https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231205144417.htm
A study looking at the health of expecting mothers from high-income countries, including the UK, New Zealand and Singapore, found that 90 per cent were lacking key vitamins necessary for healthy pregnancies and the wellbeing of unborn infants.
Scientists from the University of Southampton, working with experts worldwide, surveyed more than 1,700 women and found most were missing essential nutrients found in abundance in meat and dairy products.
These included vitamins B12, B6 and D, folic acid and riboflavin which are essential for the development of foetuses in the womb.
Lead author and Professor of Epidemiology Keith Godfrey, from the University of Southampton, said the prevalence of vitamin deficiencies among women attempting to become pregnant in wealthy countries is a serious concern.
He added: "The push to reduce our dependence on meat and dairy to achieve net-zero carbon emissions is likely to further deplete expecting mothers of vital nutrients, which could have lasting effects on unborn children.
"Our study shows that almost every woman trying to conceive had insufficient levels of one or more vitamin, and this figure is only going to get worse as the world moves towards plant-based diets.
"People think that nutrient deficiency only affects people in underdeveloped countries -- but it is also affecting the majority of women living in high-income nations."
The study, which was published in PLOS Medicine, assessed 1,729 women between the ages of 18 and 38 at conception and followed many during subsequent pregnancies.
It was undertaken by researchers from Southampton and its National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, the University of Auckland, National University of Singapore, and Agency for Science, Research and Technology, Singapore.
Results showed that nine out of ten women had marginal or low levels of folate, riboflavin, vitamins B12 and D around the time of conception, and that many developed vitamin B6 deficiency in late pregnancy.
Co-author Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology Wayne Cutfield, from the University of Auckland, said while folic acid is recommended for women planning conception and during pregnancy, expecting mothers should be given over-the-counter multivitamins to reduce nutrient deficiencies.
He added: "The wellbeing of a mother ahead of conceiving and during a pregnancy has a direct influence on the health of the infant, their lifelong physical development, and ability to learn."
The PLOS Medicine trial was the first to show that supplements, available over the counter, can reduce vitamin insufficiencies during the preconception, pregnancy and lactational periods.
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it's sad, but pregnant women in the USA practically need to be living on an organic farm/ranch to have a decently healthy diet.
the other big trap I've seen is that the DNA tests docs are demanding around the 1st to 3rd month of pregnancy have a high rate of false indications that the baby has a genetic abnormality when really the baby is totally fine. Based on these false readings, docs are able to convince many parents to abort their very healthy babies.
If your local health administrator requires such DNA tests then fine, but by no means should a decision to abort the baby be made on the basis of these tests, which Big Pharma will insist are 99.9% accurate but in reality are generously 80% accurate.
Eugenics.
And here I am - a carnivore. My wife just became carnivore two weeks ago.
I have been on it for about 1 year now. I would say i am a "pro" now so if you need some guidance or have questions feel free to ask.
They were convinced that low fat, vegetarian diets are great. Meat provides all the vitamins they are missing and DONT trim the fat.
Too many processed crap options still available on a vegetarian diet.
What about pregnant men?
LOL!
Fatal estrogen deficiency!
u/#hardlanding
😂
"Pregnant women eating futuristic diets will miss key nutrients needed for them and their babies, and this could get worse with the forcing of people to eat ze bugs."
Maybe they should have looked at the health of expecting mothers from low-income countries, instead.
There are over a billion Hindus in the world and about half claim to be vegetarian. They don't seem to have any problem reproducing.
I agree. You can be perfectly healthy on a vegetarian diet (esp. if you include eggs and dairy, as opposed to eating completely vegan), but you must eat carefully. Some nutrients, such as B12, are less common (and typically less dense) in vegetarian food sources than in meat, but they CAN be obtained.
Humans are omnivores; our teeth, digestive systems, and other genetic characteristics prove beyond doubt that our ancestors ate meat, vegetables, and fruit -- giving humans a good chance to survive in almost any environment on Earth. An omnivore diet, with a variety of mostly unprocessed or minimally-processed food is the easiest and healthiest way to get the major, minor, and micro nutrients we need, but it's certainly possible to be healthy on a diet without meat. More difficult, but not impossible.
I used to think that I was an omnivore then I got some dogs. They take omni to completely new levels!
LOL!
Most Americans have that problem. I don't. We eat good because we do not eat their processed crap.
Not to mention the toxicity of all the foods that depletes several essential vitamins and minerals including B spectrum vitamins which indeed are present mostly in animal based foods.. hence their vegan agenda.
*wondering if of the so called diseases are actually deficiencies.
Many are.
Also, there's a big difference between "adequate to prevent disease" and "enough for robust health."
The RDA for vitamin C is 75mg for women and 90mg for men -- laughably low, imo. For pregnant or lactating women, it's 85mg and 120mg, respectively -- ALSO absurdly low.
Enough to prevent scurvy? Yes.
Enough for robust good health? Enough to deal with fighting off a disease or with other stress? Not really.
Your DOG makes about 2,000 to 3,000 mg of C per day (if it's a largish breed, about the weight of an adult human), and it's at the low end of what mammals typically make per day. Goats (again, adjusted for human-adult bodyweight) make about 20,000mg -- twenty grams -- daily, and can make more when stressed or ill.
All pregnant women should read the very inexpensive book "Real Food for Mother and Baby". You will learn about PRE=pregnancy diets and proper nutrition during and after pregnancy. Do this!!!!
My wife gets a quality multivitamin during her pregnancy and after. I also track her intake of over 90 essential nutrients to make sure she has everything she needs.
Being healthy takes work and you have to do research.
The culling begins in the womb with a nutrient poor diet for mom.