{"id":605,"date":"2018-01-05T03:02:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T03:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=605"},"modified":"2018-01-10T03:09:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T03:09:20","slug":"supplements-during-pregnancy-may-reduce-autism-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=605","title":{"rendered":"Supplements During Pregnancy May Reduce Autism Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) are believed to affect 1 in 68 children in the United States, and their prevalence may be on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the exact causes and risk factors involved are still shrouded in mystery. No one knows why ASDs occur and how they can be prevented.<\/p>\n<p>Because relationships between multivitamin and folic acid supplementation and ASDs have been inconsistent, a study published this week in JAMA reopens the question.<\/p>\n<p>This current study also marks the first time that links that go back further in time have been found: supplement use 2 years before pregnancy reduced ASD risk. That said, the authors are quick to describe the new experiment&#8217;s limitations, which include the lack of a sibling control analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, information regarding supplement use came from prescription records. It is, therefore, possible that some mothers bought over-the-counter supplements, which would not have been included in the analysis.<\/p>\n<p>The authors write in their conclusion, &#8220;Reduced risk of ASD in offspring is a consideration for public health policy that may be realized by extended use of [folic acid] and multivitamin supplements during pregnancy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/320528.php\">Medical News Today<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) are believed to affect 1 in 68 children in the United States, and their prevalence may&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vitamins-supplements","tag-vitamins-supplements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":607,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions\/607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}