Wednesday 8 April 2009

Babies at Risk from Vitamin E?

NHS Choices
New research has shown that “Vitamin E ‘can increase the risk of heart defects in babies,’” says the Daily Mail. The newspaper warns that consuming as little as three-quarters of the recommended daily amount of vitamin E while pregnant can lead to a nine-fold increase the risk of a heart problem at birth.
The research compared the diets of women with healthy babies and babies born with congenital heart defects.

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