Two types of vitamins reduce the chances of getting gestational diabetes

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Calcium and vitamin D play a key role in reducing blood sugar levels in women with gestational diabetes and improving other metabolic measures, according to a recent study.

According to the US medical site MedicalXpress"The researchers conducted an analysis by random sampling of pregnant women consisting of 56 women with gestational diabetes to receive either 1000 milligrams of calcium per day along with 50,000 units of vitamin D twice for six weeks or taking placebo pills, Blood samples are taken at the beginning and end of the project.

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The results showed that women in the first group who took calcium supplements and vitamin D improved their blood sugar levels and cholesterol levels.

Researcher Ahmed Ismail Zadeh, MD, associate professor at the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, said the results are promising but vitamin D supplements are not suitable for all women.

"Vitamin D has some toxic effects on women and their children, so we can not recommend all women to take it, but we can recommend it to people with diabetes who have a vitamin D deficiency.

He added that gestational diabetes is the development of high levels of blood glucose during pregnancy in women who have not had diabetes previously, it affects about 7% of women in the United States, and can lead to serious complications in childbirth and increases the risk of disease Type 2 diabetes later in life.

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