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Veggies & Folate for Healthier Babies

By Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist

March 1, 2013

Veggies & Folate for Healthier Babies
Two studies help drive home the point that high quality nutrition during pregnancy can have a profound effect on the future health of one's child.

The risk of a child developing autoimmune type I diabetes1 by age 5 goes up 70 percent if mom didn't eat a serving of vegetables every day while pregnant. Veggies would help reduce inflammation during pregnancy. The lack of veggies apparently results in fetal programming in the child who is more at risk for future inflammation and related diseases – in this case type 1 diabetes.

Most pregnant women know to take folic acid to prevent neural tube defects. A new study shows that low folic acid status during pregnancy is linked to ADHD in offspring2 (observed in children ages 7-9). A child's brain appears to need folic acid in the womb for optimal development and future cognitive potential.

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