E for two
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat.
Vitamin E can help to keep the skin, eyes and immune system healthy. And a researcher who reviewed scientific studies thinks vitamin E can benefit pregnant women and their babies.
At Oregon State University, Maret Traber cited indications that women and infants with too little vitamin E can have an increased risk of infection, and that the babies might not grow as fast.
Traber says a pregnant woman can get vitamin E in spinach, nuts, canola and vegetable oils and whole wheat products, but a multivitamin is helpful too:
“That’s good enough to cover not only vitamin E but also folic acid and some of the other vitamins that you might not have gotten.”
The study in the journal Advances in Nutrition was supported by the National Institutes of Health.
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