Fashion for non-processed foods could cut vitamins and boost birth defects.

Women in the United States are not eating enough folate, says a survey by government researchers. According to the study’s authors, two-thirds of women do not eat the recommended daily amount of the vitamin, which helps to prevent severe birth defects. And levels of folate in the diet have actually declined since 1999, they report.

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Fashion for non-processed foods could cut vitamins and boost birth defects.

Women in the United States are not eating enough folate, says a survey by government researchers. According to the study’s authors, two-thirds of women do not eat the recommended daily amount of the vitamin, which helps to prevent severe birth defects. And levels of folate in the diet have actually declined since 1999, they report.

Read the story here.