I'm sorry....are you saying that my comment is nonsense?? That's nice. (Who are you, by the way? I'm assuming that you're Birgitta from a previous comment.) Regarding folate vs. folic acid, I know about folic acid because of all of the awareness work that the March of Dimes has done very aggressively in recent years. Here's a link to some helpful info on folic acid: http://search.marchofdimes.com/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=6&page_id=11339264&query=folic+acid&hiword=ACIDE+ACIDO+ACIDS+FOLICO+FOLIK+acid+folic+
I've never heard of a criminal mind being a birth defect -- that's interesting. Do you know of a study that shows that? I've never in my life heard that before. I would think that there would be more environmental factors involved when it comes to committing a crime.
In your previous comment, you mention that prenatal exercise creates babies with superior academic and athletic abilities. That sounds a little extreme to me -- again, do you have a study that you can refer us to on that? I was unable to exercise during each of my pregnancies and I do believe that my kids have superior academic and athletic abilities. ;) In fact, one of my kids is off-the-charts gifted (started reading medical journals at the age of 5) and plans to go to Harvard Medical School one day to become a surgeon. I was unable to exercise during his pregnancy and never took a prenatal vitamin (nor folic acid) because I was so sick that I couldn't keep them down. Go figure.
I do believe that we as moms need to have access to all of the great health information that exists, such as Dr. Stein's Top Ten Tips for Expectant Mothers, and that we should be respected and not judged for the choices we make (and sometimes have to make out of necessity). The worst thing you can tell a mother is that you HAVE to take folate or you HAVE to breastfeed or you HAVE to make sure your toddler has two naps a day, or you HAVE to (fill in the blank) or you'll have an unhealthy child. That's ridiculous.
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I'm sorry....are you saying that my comment is nonsense?? That's nice. (Who are you, by the way? I'm assuming that you're Birgitta from a previous comment.) Regarding folate vs. folic acid, I know about folic acid because of all of the awareness work that the March of Dimes has done very aggressively in recent years. Here's a link to some helpful info on folic acid: http://search.marchofdimes.com/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=6&page_id=11339264&query=folic+acid&hiword=ACIDE+ACIDO+ACIDS+FOLICO+FOLIK+acid+folic+
I've never heard of a criminal mind being a birth defect -- that's interesting. Do you know of a study that shows that? I've never in my life heard that before. I would think that there would be more environmental factors involved when it comes to committing a crime.
In your previous comment, you mention that prenatal exercise creates babies with superior academic and athletic abilities. That sounds a little extreme to me -- again, do you have a study that you can refer us to on that? I was unable to exercise during each of my pregnancies and I do believe that my kids have superior academic and athletic abilities. ;) In fact, one of my kids is off-the-charts gifted (started reading medical journals at the age of 5) and plans to go to Harvard Medical School one day to become a surgeon. I was unable to exercise during his pregnancy and never took a prenatal vitamin (nor folic acid) because I was so sick that I couldn't keep them down. Go figure.
I do believe that we as moms need to have access to all of the great health information that exists, such as Dr. Stein's Top Ten Tips for Expectant Mothers, and that we should be respected and not judged for the choices we make (and sometimes have to make out of necessity). The worst thing you can tell a mother is that you HAVE to take folate or you HAVE to breastfeed or you HAVE to make sure your toddler has two naps a day, or you HAVE to (fill in the blank) or you'll have an unhealthy child. That's ridiculous.
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