Diet and nutrition
Information, facts and research findings about diet and nutrition
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Vitamin D supplements: not recommended to prevent chronic diseases
Vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk for a variety of chronic diseases, which has led to increased use of vitamin D supplements, often in high doses. "Just in case" use is not recommended.
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Organic vegetables may reduce risk of pre-eclampsia
Pregnant women who often eat organic vegetables have a lower risk of pre-eclampsia than women who rarely or never do. This is shown in a 2014article using data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Coh
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Acrylamide in food can cause DNA damage
Acrylamide has been shown to cause cancer and reduced fertility in animal studies. The chemical is used in industry and has led to effects in the nervous system of construction workers.
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Sweetened soft drinks linked to preterm birth
Sweetened (sugar-sweetened and artificially-sweetened) drinks may be linked to preterm birth, according to a 2012 joint study between Norwegian and Swedish researchers.
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Organic food and malformations in the urinary tract (hypospadias) in newborn boys
Women who ate organically produced food during pregnancy had halved likelihood of giving birth to a boy with hypospadias compared to women who never or seldom did so.
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