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Show The Beaver Press - December 7, 2000 - Page 6 Just like you,.. We jug$c family We and vctk and the commute. want togiie cur thildren ihe gjis our parents gae us. r 4 J 4 We make time (or what really mailers I V I : . We could listen to "Chopsticks" all day long. f 1 K V A . .'I V I, We're your neighbors. The things that mailer to you, matter 4 ' fit 9 to us. Thats why we work hard to treat you the way we would like to be treated .J with courtesy, professionalism, ' responsiveness and accuracy. After all, we know who keeps 'V us in business. We know whose needs come first. With .you 3 ... J JO 1 Ftra unt Rihk ... Mi mK 11 ' p u ,t -- . x. i. c fHU New Study Finds Pregnant Women Can Inqrease Their Unborn Babies' Bone Density With WeV Calcium Supplementation NAPS.- vention actually begin hefnre birth'.' Are there things pregnant women can do to help their haliie get a head start on good hone V little reasons. And some very big ones. Like vour security, health and eomtort. 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Baileys Original Irish Cream at www.baileys.com. advanced detection system sensor at www.park-zone.coThe Park-Zon- e Fleischmann's Yeast at www.breadworld.com. h Foundation at www.wish.org. The Make-A-Wis- v r - developed countries, such as the United States, where food is plentiful, yet calcium intake is low. The expectant mothers received either mg'day of calcium carbonate in the form of TUMS or a placebo Dietary calcium intake was monitored for both groups. The newborns had measurements taken during the first week of their lives to determine their total i j it ' 05 body hone mineral density and lumbar spine density According to the National Academy of Sciences. Food and Nutrition Board, pregnant mothers aged should consume at least 1,000 mg'day of calcium Many 19-5- healthcare experts heliee that mgdav are needed. 1.200-1,50- that presumed healthy young 7 Tfe Weaver tress 'I' health months before delnery'.' According to the September 27 .Xt'icsut'il; cover story on "Where Health Regius." a new. cutting-edg- e science called "fetal programming" suggests that Con ditions in the womb can eventually shape an adult's health. A new study supporting this claim appears in the October issue ( of ( )hlrlnrs 7iroii,'v. Tilled "Maternal Calcium Supplementation and Fetal Rone Mineralization." this report documents how pregnant women with low dietary calcium consumption who were supplemented with calcium during their second and third trimesters, gave birth to babies who had a increase in bone mineral content over children whose mothers were given a placebo. "This is a vitally important" paper," says David McCarron, of the Calcium M.D., Information Center and Professor of Medicine at the Oregon Health Sciences University. "It provides the first evidence from a well-donrandomized controlled trial For a lot of It Can osteoporosis pre- . 0 Studies have found that NO peirenl of American women do not get any, where near the recommended dail allowance of calcium. The women in the Study whose babies benefited the most from calcium supplementation were those who consumed less than 600 mg'day of dietary calcium, a level unfortunately common in women of childbearing age. The babies of mothers who were getting adequate daily dietary calcium showed no significant difference in fetal bone content between the treatment group and the placebo group. This may be due, according to the authors of the study, to a maternal regulating mechanism that presents the, fetus from absorbing more calcium than is needed. "This study is yet another piece of evidence to suggest that calcium plays an important role in human health." says John T Repke, M.D.. Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. "What we need to, do with these infants is to follow them, to find out what, if any. long-terbone density changes occur." In the meantime, women who are pregnant or- trying to become pregnant should ensure that they consume at least 1,000 mg of calcium per day. Good sources of dietary calcium are milk, yogurt and cheese. If women cannot get - enough calcium through diet' alone, they should consider taking a calcium supplement, such as TUMS', on a daily basis. COP OH msi..?' at In setting a formal table, put glasses directly in front of the knives, cups to the right of the spoons. r: oo |