Fathers, Watch What You Eat When Trying to Conceive, Too
Last week we learned that what a mom eats when she's pregnant affects her unborn baby. Now a new study is showing that what dads eat before conception matters, too. One of the first things you're asked to do when you're pregnant -- and even before -- is to take prenatal vitamins, or folates. It wasn't thought that dads needed to do much of anything. But now the study has shown that dads need folates, too. Folates are found in green leafy vegetables, cereals, fruit and meat. And it's long been known that taking folates, or folic acid, can help women avoid or prevent miscarriage. But it's only coming to light now how important it is for dads-to-be to consume this, as well. According to newswise.com, "T he study suggests that fathers should pay as much attention to their lifestyle and diet before they set out to conceive a child as mothers do." And those Big Macs? You might want to consider cutting them out, too -- if you're concerned