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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
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