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10/07/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Folic acid supplements during pregnancy found to impart huge psychological benefits to children

Hey, mommies: Don’t stop taking your folic acid. The synthetic form of vitamin B9, otherwise known as folate, is typically recommended a month before conceiving and three months into the pregnancy. This is to prevent neural tube defects (NTDs) in the child such as spina bifida and anencephaly. However, a team from Ulster University saw […]

09/06/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

Evidence suggests that diet may influence your risk of hearing loss

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have discovered that long term dietary decisions do influence hearing loss. It turns out that hearing loss isn’t something that automatically comes with age. Hearing loss is more prevalent for people who consume fewer nutrients over time. Without the proper nutrients, the cells that make up the auditory senses cannot […]

06/25/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

Why you should be paying attention to this amino acid if you want a healthier heart

Your risk of developing heart disease is exacerbated by eating fatty foods and engaging in unhealthy habits, but having an overabundance of homocysteine doesn’t help either. The evidence is strong that this amino acid increases your likelihood of contracting heart disease. In the 1960s, pathologist Kilmer McCully encountered two children with advanced atherosclerosis, a disease that doesn’t […]

06/15/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Folate, a common B vitamin, can prevent and even reverse age-related hearing loss

Folate, also known as vitamin B9, can prevent and reverse age-related hearing loss, according to research. It works together with vitamin B12 to convert homocysteine back to methionine and eliminate it from the body. Homocysteine is an amino acid produced in the body from the amino acid methionine. Natural health experts suggest that homocysteine levels should […]

05/31/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Folic acid supplements can reduce the risk of stroke by 73% in hypertensive patients

Expectant mothers are quite familiar with the importance of ensuring they get enough folic acid to help prevent birth defects like spina bifida, but it turns out that there’s another group who can benefit greatly from this vitamin: adults with hypertension. According to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, […]

10/09/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Iron supplements found to improve neurological development and behavior issues in kids who were born small

One of the risks of delivering a pre-term or low-weight baby is neurological impairment. Often, these two conditions go hand-in-hand with children born before the desired 40-week mark having a low birth weight. Doctors note that children who weigh less than 2,500 grams, or 5.5 lbs. have an increased likelihood of developing an iron deficiency […]

10/07/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Researchers recommend organic food and vitamins for pregnant women to reduce the risk of cancer and autism

Researchers of a new gestational analysis said that exposure to pesticides during pregnancy raises the baby’s risk of developing brain tumors. To reach this conclusion, the researchers conducted phone interviews with about 3,500 children below 15 years from two previous tests. Four hundred and thirty seven of the study subjects had brain cancer. “Our findings add […]

09/28/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Folic acid found to reduce risk of autism

A study that was conducted by researchers at the University of California (UC) Davis and which was published in Environmental Health Perspectives on Friday, September 8 showed that children whose mothers had an intake of 800 or more micrograms (mcg) of folic acid – the amount that is usually found in most prenatal vitamins – […]

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