A recent study has showed another important reason to maintain
high levels of vitamin B-12. Pregnant women who don’t get enough
vitamin B-12 may have a greater risk of delivering a baby with
birth defect, according to the study published in the March
issue of Pediatrics. The lack of vitamin B-12 in the human
system may cause several health issues, including anemia, stress
and depression. Women should be extra careful as they may face a
different problem particularly if they plan to have babies. In
the study of nearly 1,200 women, the results showed that women
with the lowest B-12 levels were five times as likely to have a
baby with a neural tube defect compared with mothers with the
highest levels. People should be able to get enough vitamin B-12
from their diet. Rich sources of B-12 include many animal foods,
such as meat, cheese, eggs, fish and milk. However, vegetarians
could be lacking this important vitamin because vegan sources do
not provide sufficient quantities of B-12. Vegans could become
deficient