Pregnant women, who need an adequate amount of folate to prevent
neural tube birth defects in their unborn children, benefit from eating potatoes baked, rather than boiled.
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has appointed a leading figure in both the global grains industry and the fight to
prevent neural tube birth defects to run his growing agricultural empire as he looks to boost ties with south - east Asia.
Hrubec noted that an epidemiological study could determine whether people who have a high rate of exposure, such as healthcare workers or restaurant servers, have a more difficult time becoming pregnant or have a greater likelihood of having children
with neural tube birth defects, but no such study has been conducted to date.
While a connection between opioid painkillers taken during pregnancy and the greater risk
of neural tube birth defects was found, a cause - and - effect relationship was not identified.
Hrubec found that exposure to these chemicals resulted in
neural tube birth defects — the same birth defect as spina bifida and anencephaly in humans.