Deficiency of vitamin B12 in the pregnant women may induce the brain or spinal cord defects in their babies, a new study founded.

Women who are vegetarian are at more risk because the vitamin B12 is more concentrated in meat and dairy products than the vegetables, American and Irish researches reported.

Study has founded that, in the women with the deficiency of B12, the risk is 2.5 times greater, to deliver child with neural tube defects which can bring about the partial paralysis or even death, than the pregnant women with the optimum level pf B12.

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In most of the multivitamin preparation for pregnant women, iodine is not sufficient as the manufacturers claim, that deficiency put the babies at the high risk of brain development disorders.

Tests of sixty brands reveal that, which claim to have iodine as key ingredient, do not contain the amount, stated on the label and are far less than the requirements of the pregnant mothers. The high risk has been noticed in the natural multivitamins because the obtain iodine from seaweed ash instead of salt.

“If the findings are absolutely correct, its mean supplements are not up to the mark,” FDA scientists said.

Iodine can be found naturally in the table salt, dairy products and the sea food. Iodine deficiency is the major cause of thyroid goiter and metal retardation, which affects the more than two billion people all over the world.

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On Wednesday, Food and Drug Administration; government medical advisors issued advices for flu vaccine to be administered in the next season. The flu reportedly kills more than 36,000 people in a year, and this vaccine administration is its preventive measure.

The panel advised only a slight change in the current vaccine pattern for 2009-2010, which shields three kinds of viruses. No changes were recommended for the A Type flu; the most fatal one. Viruses currently in circulation, two of the same A Type, will be protected with the same vaccine.

Advised changes are however for a milder virus: Type B/ Florida, which come with a strain of Type B/ Brisbane.

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Infants exposed to high concentration of testosterone hormone in the womb are more likely to develop autistic characteristics in childhood, a study reported.

Researchers recorded testosterone levels of fetus in the amniotic fluid of 235 pregnant women.

Then they made the comparative study of the questionnaires, considered to measure children’s autistic characters between the ages of 6 and 10.

They found that high male hormone levels were associated with reflection to poor social skills, imagination and understanding, but good focus and memory for detail.

Professor Simon Baron-Cohen said the research it’s a advance study than previous that has discovered links between foetal testosterone and less eye contact in childhood, decreased language maturity and more difficulties with compassion.

“Its first time that any study has highlighted association of foetal testosterone with autistic traits, and indicates that foetal testosterone masculinises the body and mind too.” he said.

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As you start your journey towards motherhood, first time, it might be possible that you have vast sum of preparation, anxiety, fear or misinformation.

Feeling good about your own is the only key to making the most of the successful childbearing year. Women, who accept the changes gleefully, celebrate the variation that occur to her during pregnancy, face the challenge of delivery, and freely manage the pregnancy stages, hormonal and emotional changes of the postnatal period.

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Unfortunately, Majority of women don’t step into pregnancy with healthy self-images. Feeling good about themselves could get extremely difficult, as their bodies experience pregnancy signs. At that time they need a high level of motivation from friends and family in the first challenging year of their lives.

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Origin

The acai palm belongs to genus “Euterpe,” which includes seven species of palms inhabitant to South America, growing in floodplains and swamps environment.

Scientific nameof Acai berry is Euterpe Oleracea. This fruit is of little size, ranging from i.0 to 1.4cm in diameter, with dark purple color resembling to red grapes. In centre of the fruit there is a large seed with little pulp around. As a super food this berry is largely used in ice cream, drinks and Brazilians use it’s directly or in extracts. After a deep search on it, this berry is also known as Dr Oz acai berry.

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