Dr Graham Devereux, who led the research at Aberdeen University, told the Scotsman that a drop in people’s intake of vitamin E in the past 50 years was perhaps linked to the rising number of children with asthma. But he said more work was needed before specific advice could be given to women in order to reduce the risks to their children.

Sources of vitamin E include vegetable oils like olive oil, canola and sunflower oil, margarine, wheat germ, nuts, sunflower seeds, leafy green vegetables, meat and fish. So eating salad before one meal every day is a habit to strive for not just for pregnant women, but for everyone.

Vitamin depletion is not just about vitamine E. Yesterday, I was discussing post partum depression with a friend who recently recovered from the condition to become a depression activist. Her cure, she says, came from ensuring she got enough of the B vitamins.

Folic acid is one of the B vitamins. This made me wonder if women who stop taking their prenatal vitamins after the birth, instead of after they finish lactating, are at a greater risk of postpartum depression? I thought

I would ask about your experiences. Did you keep taking the vitamins and have PPD anyway, or did you stop taking them before you were diagnosed?

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