| If you are pregnant or are planning to
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| | taking multivitamins before or after
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| become pregnant, you probably know that
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| | conception. The findings were slightly
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| it is important for you to get plenty of
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| | significant , yet they were comparable to
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| folic acid. Folic acid helps to reduce
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| | a study conducted in 1993 by a different
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| brain and spinal defects in your baby,
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| | group.
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| especially in early pregnancy. What you
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| | Interestingly, taking a multivitamin
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| may not know is how important it is to
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| | during the later stages of pregnancy did
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| take multivitamins, as well.
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| | not significantly reduce the infant's
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| A study, recently published in the
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| | risk of developing brain tumors. This
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| medical journal Cancer Epidemiology
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| | makes it all too clear that if you are
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| Biomarkers and Prevention, noted the
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| | trying to get pregnant, you should begin
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| importance of taking multivitamins if
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| | taking your multivitamins right away.
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| trying to conceive or newly pregnant.
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| | Then continue with the approval of your
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| Their research concluded that women who
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| | physician at least through the early
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| take multivitamins in early pregnancy
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| | stages of your pregnancy.
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| reduced their child's risk of developing
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| | Women are strongly urged to choose a
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| certain brain tumors.
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| | multivitamin with 400 micrograms of folic
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| Researchers found that women taking
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| | acid. Reproductive women should eat
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| multivitamins close to the time they
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| | healthy foods with plenty of vitamins and
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| conceived had babies who were less likely
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| | folic acid.
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| to develop medulloblastoma and primitive
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| | When choosing your vitamin, check its
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| neuroectodermal brain tumors. Brain
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| | vitamin A content. Never take more than
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| tumors are fairly rare in children,
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| | 770 micrograms of Vitamin A. Too much
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| occurring in 1 in 20,000 kids under the
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| | can cause birth defects in babies.
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| age of six. Medulloblastoma is the
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| | You should also look on the label for the
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| second most common brain tumor in
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| | letters USP. This means the vitamin has
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| children.
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| | been evaluated and meets certain criteria
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| The study at The Children's Hospital of
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| | by the U.S. Pharmacopeia Organization.
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| Philadelphia compared 315 children with
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| | Vitamins with a USP stamp have certain
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| brain tumors to 315 randomly chosen
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| | standardized levels of purity, safety,
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| healthy children. Researchers called
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| | quality and content.
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| each mother and asked if they had been
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