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Using Nutrition for Intervention and Prevention Against Environmental
Chemical Toxicity and Associated Diseases
Posted 04/19/2007
Bernhard Hennig; Adrienne S. Ettinger; Ronald J. Jandacek; Sung Koo; Craig
McClain; Harold Seifried; Allen Silverstone; Bruce Watkins; William A. Suk
"Another interesting example of effective nutritional intervention is
illustrated by the research of Hernandez-Avila et al. (2003), who have
extensively studied environmental lead pollution as it affects the
maternal and fetal health of populations in Mexico (i.e., women who have
had moderately high cumulative lifetime exposure to lead). These
researchers discovered that calcium supplementation was associated with a
marked decrease in blood lead levels (Hernandez-Avila et al. 2003), as
well as breast-milk lead levels (Ettinger et al. 2006) among lactating
women over the course of lactation. Furthermore, calcium supplementation
during pregnancy decreased maternal blood lead levels and reduced maternal
bone resorption. These data demonstrate that nutritional intervention
(e.g., calcium supplementation) may constitute an important secondary
prevention effort aimed not only at reducing circulating levels of heavy
metals such as lead in the mother but also at reducing lead exposure to
the developing fetus and nursing infant."
Ann G. Cagigas, RN, MA, IBCLC
GSA Health Unit, Room 1010
1800 F St., NW
Washington, DC 20405
202-219-1228
202-501-0028 (Fax)
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