Most people do not know how a child gets autism, but new research is trying to shed some light on this topic. New research shows that autism may be linked to a vitamin D deficiency in a women while she was pregnant. More research will need to be done to confirm this.
Key Takeaways:
- Pregnant women who had low vitamin D levels when they were 20 weeks pregnant were more likely to have a child who displayed autistic traits by the age of 6.
- According to data from the American Pregnancy Association, between 40 and 60 percent of the entire U.S. population is vitamin D deficient, and those numbers include pregnant women.
- Wider expects that more doctors will start recommending vitamin D supplements to pregnant women as a result of these findings.
“Wider expects that more doctors will start recommending vitamin D supplements to pregnant women as a result of these findings.”
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