Benefits of Moringa Leaves For Pregnant Women

Therapy Galih Gumelar - A pregnant woman should maintain a healthy body and its contents. To avoid the high risk that is often experienced is anemia and deficiency of other nutrients for pregnant women to have the body demands a larger than usual. When pregnant women experience a shortage of nutrients, can increase oxidative stress which in the end will result in damage to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).

Dr Nadimin, SKM, M. Kes, from the Department of Nutrition polytechnic Makassar convey if oxidative stress is left and result in damage to DNA, then the baby in the womb are threatened with low birth weight (LBW). To react to Dr Nadimin doing research on the benefits of Moringa leaves for pregnant women to prevent anemia and damage DNA.

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Iron is a nutrient required by the body to produce blood so as to prevent anemia and Moringa leaf is able to meet it. He said when pregnant women consume Moringa leaf extract, the increase in hemoglobin is not lost with mothers who get iron folate supplements.

Dr Nadimin do research to normal pregnant women, which means that there is no disease. Moringa leaves exerts extra capsules and iron folate capsules for 12 weeks and the result is an increase in iron. Interestingly, the increase was similar means extra Moringa leaves can prevent anemia in pregnant women.

In addition it contains high iron, Moringa leaf is described by previous studies also have vitamin A as much as four times higher than the carrot and vitamin C seven times higher than citrus fruits. With the content of which can counteract the free radicals, oxidative stress can also be reduced.

Thus the benefits of the Moringa leaves can prevent anemia, DNA damage, and low birth weight. It is possible if further research would be obtained potentials that exist in Moringa leaves to health.