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Less than 50% of many prenatal supplements have the adequate amount of choline and iodine

by Julia Milzer, CU Anschutz Medical Campus Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research reveals that many prenatal vitamins don’t contain enough of the nutrients that are essential for a healthy pregnancy, while others contain harmful levels of toxic metals. The study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, checked the amounts of choline and iodine in nonprescription and prescription prenatal...

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What is the difference between sea salt and table salt?

By Jessica Caporuscio, Pharm.D. Reviewed by Miho Hatanaka, RDN, LD Table salt and sea salt are both useful when preparing food. Manufacturers mine table salt from salt deposits and process it into a fine crystal, whereas sea salt comes from evaporating seawater. Many people believe that sea salt is healthier than table salt because it...