Archive for April 29, 2008

Folate Enriched Diet Prevents Birth Defects

Apr 29th

Posted by Affleap in Nutritional Food

Recent studies show that a baby’s brain and spinal column may be irreversibly impaired even before a woman realizes that she is pregnant. This can lead to neural tube defects, spina bifida and anercephaly.

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