Folic acid deficiencies associated with spina bifida, heart defects and placental abnormalities persist through multiple generations
Folic acid deficiency can cause severe health problems in offspring, including spina bifida, heart defects and placental abnormalities. A study out today reveals that a mutation in a gene necessary for the metabolism of folic acid not only impacts the immediate offspring but can also have detrimental health effects on the next several generations…
September 30, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acid-deficiency, folic-acid, gene-necessary, health-effects, heart-defects, including-spina, metabolism, on call diets, pregnancy / obstetrics, severe-health, study-out, study-out-today, today-reveals
What’s So Special About Blueberries?
Recently a study out of the Texas Women’s University looked at whether blueberries with their high polyphenol content could help in fighting obesity.
April 26, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: been-cited, cited-as-having, conditions, having-positive, health-effects, like-cardiovascular, looked-at-whether, nutrition, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, study-out, texas, university
