Children of mothers who got more than the recommended amount choline while pregnant had better long-term cognitive outcomes, a new study finds. The study comes as nutrition experts continue to push for more research into the nutrient—and warn that getting too much could boost our risk for cardiovascular issues. The study was published in Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Many prenatal supplements don’t have choline in them, or don’t contain what some experts say is an ample amount. Like calcium, it’s bulky—so it’s challenging to get a lot into pill form. “We have to get the word out to consumers,” Taylor C. Wallace, an adjunct professor at George Mason University, told The Epoch Times when asked whether or not more outcry could help make it standard in prenatal vitamins. Consumer demand can drive manufacturers to include it—or at least more of it—in their products, he …
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