Thursday Feb 4, 2016 (foodconsumer.org) — It has actually been known that high intake of iron is associated along with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. A brand-new study reported recently in Diabetic Medicine suggests that high iron intake or high iron in the blood can raise the risk for gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant women.
The study found maternal iron status during the very first trimester body iron stores and iron intake through diet associated along with elevated risk for gestational diabetes mellitus.
The meta-analysis based on data from studies published between Jan 1995 and July 2015 revealed that a 41% increase in the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus was associated along with one-unit increase in the biomarker called ferritin.
Two trials indicated that iron supplementation did not increase risk of gestational diabetes mellitus while high levels of ferritin, high serum iron, and high intake of heme iron from red meats. (David Liu)
A. Z. Khambalia, A. Aimone, P. Nagubandi1, C. L. Roberts, A. McElduff, J. M. Morris, K. L. Powell, V. Tasevski and N. Nassar, Systematic Review or Meta-analysis: High maternal iron status, dietary iron intake and iron supplement use in pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective study and systematic review, Diametic Medicine, Guide very first published online: 12 JAN 2016, Vol. 33 Issue 2
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