Is it really this easy?? Apparently it is. A new Canadian
study strongly suggests that the three most common and very devastating
childhood cancers, leukemia, neuroblastoma, and brain tumors, can be
reduced by up to almost 47% by the simple and relatively inexpensive action
of the mother taking prenatal vitamins before and during the first
three months of pregnancy. Although the study seems somewhat
suspicious (it was funded in part by a prenatal vitamin manufacturer),
I'm inclined to go with this one.
Although
the results of the study did not define which element of the prenatal
vitamins was the cause of the decrease in cancer incidence, it's
suggested that it may be the folic acid, already known to help prevent
neural-tube defects (spina bifida, etc.). Whatever the cause, it
seems that there's no downside to taking prenatal vitamins other than
choking down those wretched ginormous horse pills every day.
Which seems a small price to pay for the very real possibility that it
might prevent cancer or devastating disease in your unborn child.
