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To: neverdem

Interesting as they recommend folic acid for growing babies. Is growth the issue?


5 posted on 11/26/2012 3:25:52 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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Interesting as they recommend folic acid for growing babies. Is growth the issue?

I'm not sure that it's just growth, but folate deficiency can wreak havoc, e.g. anemia and unrelated epigenetic changes that need to happen.

Epigenetic influences that modulate infant growth, development, and disease.

6 posted on 11/26/2012 9:54:19 PM PST by neverdem ( Xin loi min oi)
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