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Healthy development of the nervous system.
Inadequate levels of iodine in women’s diets during pregnancy can impact the neurological development of the child. So ensure to include iodine rich food such as seaweed and small fish in your diet, and ensure your pregnancy multivitamin contains iodine.
Abel MH, Caspersen IH, Meltzer HM, Haugen M, Brandlistuen RE, Aase H, Alexander J, Torheim LE, Brantsæter A-L. Suboptimal maternal iodine intake is associated with impaired child neurodevelopment at 3 years of age in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. Journal of Nutrition 147:1314-1324. http://jn.nutrition.org/content/147/7/1314.full
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