As in most things, balance is best.
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Too much in diet can increase risks of infant being born with heart defect
updated 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who've just become pregnant may want to watch how much vitamin E they take in. It seems that high levels of vitamin E early in pregnancy may increase the risk of the baby being born with a heart defect, according to a Dutch research team.
They studied 276 mothers of children born with heart defects and 324 "control" mothers whose babies were free of heart defects.
When their infants were 16 months old, the mothers completed food frequency questionnaires for the 4 weeks prior to the study. According to the researchers, dietary patterns during this time are similar to those before the women became pregnant.
The likelihood of having a baby with a heart defect was 70 percent higher for women with the highest vitamin E intake from diet alone, compared to those with the lowest intake, the investigators found.
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