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284: How To Have A Healthy Pregnancy

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Prenatal Vitamins Are the Concert Master of Fetal Development

Sally Kohn: A lot of people take prenatal vitamins to shore up their baby's health. She says they're too late for that in the really critical weeks of formation. The first organ that forms in a fetus is the heart, she says; if you don't have enough vitamin A, it won't form properly. Kohn: Pregnant women are told to avoid vitamin A and not eat liver - this is about the worst advice.

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