Reduce the Risk of Autism

Prenatal Vitamins May Reduce Autism Risk

In a new study it indicates that prenatal vitamins, taken 3 months before becoming pregnant, and during pregnancy, may reduce the risk of autism:

A new study reports that mothers of children with autism and autism spectrum disorders were significantly less likely than mothers of children without autism to have taken prenatal vitamins three months before conception and in the first month of pregnancy. The finding, published in the Journal Epidemiology, suggests that taking prenatal vitamins with Folic Acid in this period may help prevent these disorders, reducing the risk by some 40 percent. The CDC and many physicians recommend that women of childbearing age take a prenatal vitamin daily.