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Top tips for egg health with Dr. Aimee, MD, Harvard, aka @eggwhisperer

Five tips, one which you can do with your eyes closed ...

Top tips for egg health with Dr. Aimee, MD, Harvard, aka @eggwhisperer

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(Actually) Understanding Folate vs. Folic Acid: Why Natural Folate is Superior for Pregnancy
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(Actually) Understanding Folate vs. Folic Acid: Why Natural Folate is Superior for Pregnancy

During pregnancy, ensuring adequate intake of vitamin B9—commonly known as...

Understanding Third-Party Testing – Plus Our Results
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Understanding Third-Party Testing – Plus Our Results

Why you should seek out triple third-party tested vitamins.

Prenatal nutrition from real foods, not pills
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Prenatal nutrition from real foods, not pills

The best foods to eat for an optimal pregnancy (plus...

The consensus is in–– pills are out.
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The consensus is in–– pills are out.

Eight key studies comparing foods vs synthetic ...

A New Reason to Avoid Synthetic Choline
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A New Reason to Avoid Synthetic Choline

A groundbreaking clinical trial published in April 2021 in the...

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  1. Enough is enough: Stop wasting money on vitamin and mineral supplements. Ann Intern Med . 2013 Dec 17;159(12):850-1.
  2. Estimation of Total Usual Dietary Intakes of Pregnant Women in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Jun 5;2(6):e195967.
  3. The Supplement Paradox: Negligible Benefits, Robust Consumption. JAMA. 2016 Oct 11;316(14):1453-1454.
  4. Human plasma and tissue alpha-tocopherol concentrations in response to supplementation with deuterated natural and synthetic vitamin E. AJCN. 1998 Apr;67(4):669-84.
  5. Antioxidant activity of fresh apples. Nature. 2000 Jun 22;405(6789):903-4.

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