You might be shocked to hear how many of the popular prenatal vitamins marketed to pregnant women today don't meet current nutrient levels for choline, folate, vitamin D, magnesium, and iodine, according to both the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
All of these nutrients play key roles in your baby's development, and choline in particular is surprisingly overlooked. So what does choline do? Quite a bit, actually. Choline helps your baby's spinal cord and brain develop properly. Choline also offers protection against neural tube defects, much like folate, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12.
Read on for everything you need to know about choline, the critical nutrient your prenatal vitamin is probably missing.
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