According to new study Vitamin A is very essential in abundant amount for infants in the womb of its pregnant mother as in the deficiency of vitamin A the new born baby is born with small size kidney. Recent reports have also confirmed a vital role of vitamin A in the growth of kidneys after studied on animals.
As reported in the journal Pediatric Nephrology, a study has processed between 48 women of Montreal and 46 of Bangalore (India), blood retinol (Vitamin A) levels and nutritional level were assessed at every stage of pregnancy. It is found that retinol levels were lower in the Bangalore group compared with the Montreal group, at the same time; researchers found that the infants in Bangalore had smaller kidneys than their equivalent in Montreal.

On the other hand, Dr. Kishore Phadke from St. John’s Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, told Reuters Health that vitamin A enhancements are not habitually suggested for expectant women in India, because of the low medical range. He said, “Excess vitamin A supplementation can cause (harmful effects) in the growing fetus and this makes universal supplementation of vitamin A difficult in pregnant women.”

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