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Speaker 1: Welcome to Wellness un Mass. I'm doctor Nicole Saffire and

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Speaker 1: this is your weekly rundown. It has been such a

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Speaker 1: busy week ever since the press conference heard around the

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Speaker 1: world where President Trump started talking about the potential links

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Speaker 1: between tile and all use and pregnancy and its association

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Speaker 1: with babies being born with autism spectrum disorder and ADHD.

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Speaker 1: Taking a deep breath from the turmoil of the week,

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Speaker 1: I think there were two big messages again that came

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Speaker 1: out of that press conference that I want to just

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Speaker 1: hone in a little bit today. One, do not take

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Speaker 1: any medication, whether you need a prescription for it or not. Lightly,

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Speaker 1: every medication comes with risks and it also comes with

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Speaker 1: potential benefits. You never know which one or how it's

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Speaker 1: going to affect you. So just because you don't need

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Speaker 1: a prescription doesn't mean you shouldn't talk to your doctor

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Speaker 1: about it, because the reality is all medications have risks,

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Speaker 1: whether it's tile and all, motrin, aspirin, benadryl, even vitamins,

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Speaker 1: they come with risk. So please talk to your doctor,

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Speaker 1: use medication sparingly. At the end of the day, we

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Speaker 1: all want to try and get to the healthiest place possible.

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Speaker 1: So we are less reliant on taking medications that should

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Speaker 1: always be the goal. The other big thing that came

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Speaker 1: out of that press conference was that they talked about

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Speaker 1: a possible treatment for autism. One is lucovorn that's the

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Speaker 1: medication name. But the overarching message here was that pregnant

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Speaker 1: women's diet is too low in folic acid. Babies being

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Speaker 1: born with autism spectrum disorder tended to have lower amounts

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Speaker 1: of folate. They were even some were found to have

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Speaker 1: autoantibodies against the receptors that uptake folate. So as a physician,

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Speaker 1: I cannot emphasize enough how critical folate often known as

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Speaker 1: follic acid when it's in the supplement form is for

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Speaker 1: your health. Fullate is a B vitamin. It supports DNA repair,

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Speaker 1: red blood cell formation, and healthy cell growth. It's particularly

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Speaker 1: important for women of childbearing age because it helps prevent

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Speaker 1: serious birth defects. The truth is we all need it

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Speaker 1: daily for optimal energy and cellular health. Here's the problem.

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Speaker 1: Our diets are just not giving us enough. The recommended

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Speaker 1: daily amount for an adult is around four hundred micrograms

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Speaker 1: of dietary foley equivalents. Now, pregnant women need even more

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Speaker 1: about six hundred micrograms. Yet many Americans fall short because

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Speaker 1: while we lean on heavily processed foods stripped of natural folate.

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Speaker 1: Even with fortified grains, deficiencies are still very common, especially

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Speaker 1: in people who skip those leafy greens and legumes. So

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Speaker 1: why does this matter? Well, fully is not just about pregnancy.

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Speaker 1: Low levels are linked to anemia, fatigue, and even higher

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Speaker 1: risk of heart disease and certain cancers. Because foley is

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Speaker 1: central to how our DNA repairs itself, it plays a

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Speaker 1: role in healthy aging and lowering long term disease risk

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Speaker 1: for all of us. Good news, it's easy to boost

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Speaker 1: spollight naturally. And this is my big take home. This

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Speaker 1: is my public service announcement of the week. Just one

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Speaker 1: cup of spinach gives you almost half of your daily needs. Lentils,

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Speaker 1: black beans, asparagus, avocados, and even some fruits like strawberries

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Speaker 1: and some others can give you some fol eate. If

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Speaker 1: you enjoy salmon or eggs, those can help too. A

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Speaker 1: simple swap like adding a spinach salad at lunch instead

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Speaker 1: of romaine lettuce, or blending blueberries and avocado into a smoothie.

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Speaker 1: I love morning smoothies. Why don't you throw in some

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Speaker 1: chia seeds and some flax to get that daily fiber

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Speaker 1: as well. We all need that. It can just make

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Speaker 1: a big difference, I promise. And for women who are

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Speaker 1: thinking about becoming pregnant, a prenatal vitamin with folic acid

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Speaker 1: is absolutely essential. But those prenatal vitamins, that's not enough.

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Speaker 1: You gotta up your greens, ladies. I don't know what

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Speaker 1: else to tell you. You have to do it. Whatever

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Speaker 1: you got to do, put it in your calendar. Eat

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Speaker 1: more greens, bottom line, fully is not optional, it's foundational.

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Speaker 1: Make it part of your daily routine and your future self. Well,

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Speaker 1: thank you. And I'm not going to give.

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Speaker 2: President Trump credit for this little public service announcement, but

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Speaker 2: you know what I'm actually going to because he brought

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Speaker 2: the conversation of women and foll aped into the mix.

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Speaker 1: So that's right, ladies, Trump was right about this. Eat

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Speaker 1: more greens, get more full aped. Thanks for listening to

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