-IBIS-1.5.0-
tx
reproductive system
contraception
nutrition

dietary guidelines

therapeutic foods:
• with use of birth control pills, increase foods rich in B-complex vitamins, especially B6
• gingko nuts (Butt and Bloomfield, p. 73)
• eating wild carrot seed (Daucus carota) (Weed, p. 6)
• rutin: buckwheat, rue (Weed, p. 6)


supplements

with birth control pills:
• folic acid 5 mg per day
• Vitamin B6 50 mg three times daily
• Vitamin B2
• rutin 500 mg per day several days preceding and after ovulation (Weed, p. 6ff)

» drug interactions:
• Vitamin B6 and oral contraceptives (many trade names): Vitamin B6 deficiency may develop as oral contraptives require Vitamin B6 to facilitate tryptophan to niacinamide
• Folate and oral contraceptives: Oral contraceptives impair Folate absorption
• Vitamin C and oral contraceptives: Oral contraceptives reduce serum Vitamin C levels


footnotes