Egg Nutrition Center Blog
Posts in Year: 2018
ENCs blog features articles on new research as well as recaps of meetings, reports, and other information related to eggs and health. Contact ENC if you are interested in writing an article on eggs for a guest post.
Help Prevent Birth Defects
Do you have a family member with a congenital heart disease? Have you heard of someone with a cleft palate or spina bifida? Im guessing the answer to at least one of these questions is yes. Birth defects impact 1 in every 33 babies born in the U.S. each year.1 (more
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New Research on Choline
Choline is hot! In 2016, the Food and Drug Administration established a Reference Daily Intake value for choline of 550 mg. Then in June of 2017, the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates recommended the addition of choline to prenatal vitamins because of its essentiality in promoting cognitive development of the offspring. This was followed in August by a…