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Jon LaPook / folate / B 12 #1174209

CBS Evening News for Wednesday, May 11, 2016
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A medical headline caught our attention today it suggested a possible link between high levels of folic acid in pregnant women and an increased risk of their children developing an autism spectrum disorder. Well our Dr. Jon LaPook has been looking into this and is with us now with a dose of reality John. Pregnant women are told to take folic acid. Right. And that stays exactly the same. There's no doubt that women who have too little intake of folic acid dairy pregnancy have an increased risk of...
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