Why are minerals important in pregnancy
Iodine is an essential mineral in pregnancy because in the first three months of pregnancy the fetus develops thyroid gland, which is essential for brain maturation of the embryo and then you need to ingest iodine mother.
The consequences of iodine deficiency with regard to the fetus can be serious, since it considers the possibility of abortion and premature delivery and dangerous consequences as a result of impairment in brain maturation and the consequent drop in the maturation of IQ and problems at the hearing or on the contrary a marked lack of attention hyperactivity.
In fact pregnant women are advised to consume no less than 250 micrograms per day.
According to a WHO report 2007, Spain has significantly improved iodine nutrition in children in relation to other studies conducted in 2003 by a report from the Ministry of Health, which had left seated widespread iodine deficiency in pregnant women with an average 30 to 50%. In fact at that time established Spain as an area of mild iodine deficiency, however as previously reported in Spain is now at levels similar to the Nordic countries and Eastern Europe and the doctor explained what Vila.
On the other hand Dr. Luis Vila Ballester of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition, coordinator of research on disorders caused by iodine deficiency, established that the extent of the consequences above has to do with the degree of deficiency of this minerals, including iodine, the same way as explained Dr. Carmen Gonzalo Mateo del Hospital del Bierzo, everything explained in iodine is a mineral essential in pregnancy for the development of all bodily functions but in particular the brain functions of the fetus or embryo, then the child’s growth but also acts as the thyroid gland regulates body temperature and heart.
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