Vitamin a is essential for all stages of normal foetal development. A pregnant woman requires between 5000 IU and 10 000 IU of vitamin a per day during pregnancy to achieve this. If any of the vitamin a in Environ were to enter the bloodstream of the mother in any significant degree it would make only a very small contribution.
Vitamin a is essential for all stages of normal foetal development. A pregnant woman requires between 5000 IU and 10 000 IU of vitamin a per day during pregnancy to achieve this. If any of the vitamin a in Environ were to enter the bloodstream of the mother in any significant degree it would make only a very small contribution.
Vitamin a is essential for all stages of normal foetal development. A pregnant woman requires between 5000 IU and 10 000 IU of vitamin a per day during pregnancy to achieve this. If any of the vitamin a in Environ were to enter the bloodstream of the mother in any significant degree it would make only a very small contribution.
when great care needs to be taken to avoid treatments which could possibly be harmful to the developing baby. The confusion over the safety of vitamin A in pregnancy poses a dilemma for therapists and clients, simply because vitamin A is essential as the kingpin in advanced vitamin skin therapy.
Using vitamin A creams
IN PREGNANCY I sotretinoin, a form of vitamin A, is still the On the other hand, an already active systems, made up of the enzymes and most consistently effective medical acne molecule like Isotretinoin, known to cause binding proteins. treatment. It is an active form of vitamin A abnormalities in foetuses, does so by binding and is known to cause horrific foetal to a normal group of RXR vitamin A receptors Over and above the biochemical aspects of abnormalities early in pregnancy. Hence the in the normal way, but in amounts not safety discussed above it is well-known just unfortunate, but false, universal fear that all controlled by the body itself. This disrupts the how difficult it is to get high doses of vitamin forms of vitamin A are dangerous to critical concentrations of vitamin A required A into the skin by applying it topically. One developing foetuses. Understandably, at very precisely timed points for defined has to go to extraordinary measures like everyone is now also afraid to use topical parts of development in the early foetus, iontophoresis, sonophoresis and needling to vitamin A applications during pregnancy. causing severe or even fatal handicaps. The increase penetration. All evidence points cell has no enzyme system to control the towards the conclusion that all topically The real irony is that vitamin A is an essential levels of any form of retinoic acid itself, only applied Environ products are safe to use. vitamin for all stages of normal foetal the precursor forms. development. No normal development is Despite the obvious safety, the recommendation possible without it. A pregnant woman If the number of molecules of the competing remains that products containing vitamin A requires between 5000 IU and 10 000 IU of isotretinoin is much greater than that of the should not be used for pregnant women, vitamin A per day during pregnancy to naturally produced and controlled forms of the especially in the first trimester. This is for the achieve this. Therefore, if any of the vitamin forerunner vitamin A molecules, the vitamin A practical reason to avoid any unfounded A in Environ were to enter the bloodstream enzyme system has no means of locking the litigation based on the poorly understood of the mother to any significant degree it intruders out and damage results. details of vitamin A metabolism by most would make only a very small contribution to people and even some so-called experts! this normal daily requirement. The vital Environ creams in any strength contain question to answer is: If Environ products are only the precursor, inactive vitamin A Please direct all questions to: said to be safe in pregnancy, why is that? molecules which have to be changed to Helena Raats, Editor active molecules. The moment any vitamin Email: helenar@professional-beauty.co.za The answer is that the specific type of vitamin A molecule is added in this particular way, Tel: 011 884 4776 A molecule absorbed by the pregnant it becomes subject to the strict control Fax: 011 884 3716 mother’s represents the vital difference between safe and harmful. This, much more T h e E n v i ro n ® a d v i s o r y p a n e l : so than the actual dosage. Vitamin A1 (also called retinol) and the esterified forms like the Dr Des retinyl palmitate, when taken by mouth or Fernandes, absorbed through the skin are subjected to plastic Dr. Bruce changes by a specific and finely-controlled surgeon, Muir, enzyme system in the bowel, liver and skin. chief medical This system converts the non-active forms of medical Val doctor advisor and Carstens, specialising vitamin A into well-controlled numbers of founder of CEO of in anti- active molecules, which produce the actual Environ®. Environ®. ageing. effects of the vitamin in the cell’s nuclear vitamin A receptors. In this way specific Dr. Geraldine quantities of the active retinoic acid are Dr. Ernst Mitton, produced by the cells themselves to ensure Eiselen, medical and the correct amount of the active molecules to medical wellness assist in the critically important processes of doctor director for new cell and tissue formation. Quantities are and the Sante precisely controlled not to be poisonous medical Winelands For more information (toxic) to the delicate DNA system of the cell advisor to Wellness contact 0800 220 402 nucleus. Environ®. Centre. (South Africa only)