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Re: 2 Miscellaneous questions with pregnancy

From: Catherine (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 24 May 2001 21:18:13 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 24 May 2001, Anna wrote: >
>Question#1
>I am pregnant and have been using the product Fit to wash my fruits and
>vegetables before eating them and I just wanted to make sure that the
>ingredients are safe:Oleic acid (from vegetable sources),Glycerol (from
>vegetable sources), Ethyl Alcohol (from corn,Potassium Hydrate (from
>basic minerals),Citric Acid (from cornstarch and molasses), and
>distilled grapefruit oil. THe ingredients seemed pretty basic to me but
>you never know.
>
>Question #2
>Is it possible to eat too many carrots while pregnant?It's one of the
>few vegetables that I really like and they are very convenient to eat.
>Is it good for the baby to eat them every day or is it possible to eat
>too many carrots (I always eat them raw) . If I eat 2 whole carrots a
>day is that too much? I wouldn't want the kid to have bright red hair on
>my account (ha ha). Thank you for your time.

I can help you with the carrots. I know that it is very dangerous to have too much Vitamin A during pregnancy. Birth defects have been caused by too much Vitamin A. I believe that one carrot stick has about 200-300% of the adult daily requirement for Vitamin A. (Look at the label.) Since you are probably taking prenatal vitamins, you are receiving sufficient Vitamin A. I also remember from a college nurition course that Vitamin A is one of the vitamins that the human body stores so it is not necessary to receive the 100% daily requirement every day. I wouldn't eat carrot sticks every day because you may be giving yourself dangerous amount of Vitamin A. It probably won't hurt to eat one or two every few days.

-- Catherine

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