A new study states that taking prenatal vitamins early in
pregnancy lowers the risk of Autism. It is published in JAMA Psychiatry.
It also states that mother’s showed higher cognitive scores
with the vitamin. Mothers that did
better were more educated, had better health coverage, and intentional
pregnancy. Some took the vitamins 6
months before becoming pregnant. A focus
is on folic acid and iron as having a positive impact. One other note is that the folic acid has to
be over 400mg to 600mg to get the most benefit.
I do not know if this is an answer to Autism at all since
there are still at least ½ of those in this study that did not benefit from the
Vitamins. Plus, it is hard to take the
vitamins early in pregnancy since you may not know you are pregnant for 6 to 8
weeks sometimes.
I took prenatal vitamins as much as I could. My 2nd pregnancy was more difficult because
the prenatal vitamins make me very sick and caused a lot of stomach pains. I had to lie down frequently and could not do
much due to the pain, so I had to stop taking them.
I did not see a correlation between taking vitamins and the
severity of Autism in my situation. I do
not think this study applies to everyone.
I do think there are many other links to this disorder, some
with genetic ties and some with environmental ties that can cause Autism.
Prenatal vitamins can’t hurt as long as you can tolerate
them or find ways to tolerate them.
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