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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Mothers that take excessive amounts of folic acid during pregnancy may predispose their daughters to diabetes and obesity later in life, according to a new study published today in the Journal of Endocrinology. With high dose supplements being widely available, the study calls for a need to establish a safe upper limit of folic acid intake for pregnant women.
A Portuguese research team from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto and the Catholic University of Portugal gave rats 20 times their recommended daily amount of folic acid throughout mating, the pregnancy period and lactation.
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20...t-risk-of-diabetes-obesity-later-in-life.aspx
A Portuguese research team from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto and the Catholic University of Portugal gave rats 20 times their recommended daily amount of folic acid throughout mating, the pregnancy period and lactation.
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20...t-risk-of-diabetes-obesity-later-in-life.aspx