HEALTH, PREGNENECY: B vitamins in mother’s diet cut children’s gut cancer risk!

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Nourishment is vital for pregnant women. Studies show that B vitamins help mitigate cancer risk in offspring. Photo: AP.

Experiments on mice show that those born to mothers fed a diet supplemented with B vitamins are less likely to develop gut tumours.

Previous research in humans and mice suggests that B vitamins, particularly folate, play a role in the prevention of colorectal (gut) cancer.

Using a mouse model of naturally occurring colorectal cancer, Human Nutrition Research Centre on Aging (HNRCA) scientists at Tufts University, examined whether a mothers’ B vitamin intake affects her offspring’s cancer risk, the journal Gut reports.

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