Women Who Start Prenatal Vitamins Early Less Likely to Have a Child With Autism
Have you ever wondered if taking all those prenatal vitamins is really worth the effort?
Well, researchers from the University of California Davis have produced a study, to be published in July in the online edition of Epidemiology, which found that women who took their prenatal vitamins before getting pregnant or during the first month of pregnancy were half as likely to give birth to an autistic child, but moms who didn’t start taking the pills until they were two months pregnant didn’t receive any benefits when it came to warding off the developmental disorder, the Los Angeles Times reports. In other words, the sooner you start taking them, the better.
Researcher comments on the findings,
“The good news is that if this finding is replicated, it will provide an inexpensive, relatively simple evidence-based action that women can take to reduce risks for their child, which is to take prenatal vitamins as early as possible in a pregnancy and even when planning for pregnancy”, Hertz-Picciotto – Co-Author of study.
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