Dietary supplements: the dangers of turmeric and vinpocetine pointed out

Dietary supplements of vinpocetine risky for pregnant women

Vinpocetine, a synthetic derivative of vincamine extracted from the leaves of small periwinkle, is dangerous for pregnant women. Food supplements that contain it boast of improving cognitive functions, memory as well as giving energy and helping reduce fat, but animal studies have shown that it can cause “embryonic loss, weak fetal weights and severe birth defects “.

Review Prescribe concludes by warning consumers against the status of a food supplement in general which “does not guarantee much in terms of product composition”.

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