Should Pregnant Women Take Calcium Supplements to Lower Lead Levels?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2018-01-01

The effects of sodium and calcium intake on blood lead levels in pregnant and breastfeeding women.

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In case you missed the last video, The Rise in Blood Lead Levels at Pregnancy and Menopause (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/The-Rise-in-Blood-Lead-Levels-at-Pregnancy-and-Menopause) offers some background.

The milk-making-things-worse video I mention is How to Lower Lead Levels with Diet: Breakfast, Whole Grains, Milk, Tofu? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/How-to-Lower-Lead-Levels-with-Diet-Breakfast-Whole-Grains-Milk-Tofu).
 
Note: whole food sources of calcium may be preferable, as I document in my video Are Calcium Supplements Safe? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-calcium-supplements-safe/).

More on pregnancy detox in:
• Lead Contamination in Tea (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/lead-contamination-of-tea)
• Flame Retardant Pollutants and Child Development (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flame-retardant-pollutants-and-child-development)
• How Long to Detox From Fish Before Pregnancy? (https://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/how-long-to-detox-from-fish-before-pregnancy/)
• Meat Fumes: Dietary Secondhand Smoke (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/meat-fumes-dietary-secondhand-smoke/)
• The Effect of Animal Protein on Stress Hormones, Testosterone, and Pregnancy (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-effect-of-animal-protein-on-stress-hormones-testosterone-and-pregnancy)

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