Pregnancy tips Vitamin B Deficiency May Lead To Obesity In Offspring

Most people know about how one of the B vitamins can help prevent birth defects. This article talks about how B vitamins can also help prevent obesity in your offspring. Read more:

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(NaturalNews) Women who are deficient in vitamin B before they conceive may be more likely to give birth to obese and hypertense babies, according to a study conducted on sheep by researchers from the University of Nottingham, England, and published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

...The embryos from the eggs of B-deficient sheep were significantly more likely to be obese and to experience high blood pressure in adulthood, and the effect was particularly pronounced in males. The males conceived by vitamin B-deficient mothers were 25 percent fatter than the male sheep born to well-nourished females.