Eating Eggs When Pregnant Affects Breast Cancer In Offspring
A stunning discovery based on epigenetics (the inheritance of propensities acquired in the womb) reveals that consuming choline - a nutrient found in eggs and other foods - during pregnancy may significantly affect breast cancer outcomes for a mother’s offspring. This finding by a team of biologists at Boston University is the first to link choline consumption during pregnancy to breast cancer.
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Filed under: Breast Cancer on December 4th, 2008