Essential nutrient found in eggs may help lower risk of neural tube defects
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 07:49
in Health & Medicine
Park Ridge, Ill. (August 12, 2009) -- Research published online in the journal Epidemiology found that higher levels of total blood choline are associated with a 2.5-fold reduction in risk for neural tube birth defects (NTDs).(1) NTDs are birth defects of the brain and spinal cord, and the two most common NTDs are spina bifida and anencephaly.