A Nutrient in Breast Milk May Protect Babies' Livers from Diabetes Damage
When pregnant women have gestational diabetes (a type of diabetes that develops during pregnancy), their babies can experience liver damage later in life. …
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How Bad Food Today Can Affect Your Kids Tomorrow
Scientists studied how eating poor-quality food affects not just how big organisms grow, but also how different individuals become from each other. Using tiny …
Read MoreMom's Zinc Helps Baby Chickens Develop Better Guts
Scientists studied whether giving mother chickens extra zinc in their food would help their baby chicks grow better and healthier. They fed 128 mother chickens …
Read MoreDad's Folic Acid Supplement May Protect Kids' Livers
Scientists discovered something surprising: when fathers take folic acid supplements before having children, their sons may develop healthier livers. In this …
Read MoreSpecial Supplement Helps Chicken Mothers Lay Better Eggs
Researchers studied whether adding bile acids (natural compounds made in the liver) to chicken feed could help breeding hens produce better eggs and healthier …
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