Vitamin A has an important and lasting influence on your child's immune system.
Sick faster
Researchers have come to this conclusion after studying pregnant mice. The mice babies whose mothers received little vitamin A became ill more quickly.
The backlog cannot be made up
When the mice were fed a diet rich in vitamin A immediately after birth, the immune system was still weaker than that of the mice whose mothers did take vitamin A during the gestation period.
Coherence It was already known that vitamin A is very important for the immune system. It is new that the development of a baby's immune system is so closely linked to what the mother eats during her pregnancy. This can especially cause problems in countries where there is a lot of malnutrition.
What products contain vitamin A? Vitamin A is found in various types of fruit and vegetables, fish, margarine, liver and dairy products. With a healthy diet you usually get enough vitamin A.
You can also eat too much Vitamin A It is better not to get too much vitamin A during your pregnancy. It is therefore better to leave liver in place.
Source:Health Net | Image:Shutterstock
