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A member asked:
Is it ok to eat spinach and kale during pregnancy? all the packages say 110% vitamin a. i read vitamin a causes birth defects.
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Completely safe!: You're correct that taking (or eating) more than 10, 000 units of vit a in the first 7 weeks of pregnancy increases risk of birth defects. However, spinach ; kale contain no vitamin a: they have beta carotene, which your body can convert into vit. A as needed, but there's no evidence that any amount of beta carotene is harmful in pregnancy.Please choose organic spinach; regular is high in pesticides.
Answered 4/23/2016
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