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Published online 5 January 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070101-6
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Folate levels dropping
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.
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