Vitamin prevents miscarriages

One in five pregnancies end in a spontaneous miscarriage, which is often inexplicable, but now, Australian scientists have discovered that vitamin B3 can prevent some of these.

They studied the genes of families which have experienced many miscarriages and foetal malformation, only to discover that they had mutations of genes, which code for the NAD molecule. NAD is important to all body cells, as it ensures that they have energy, can repair genes, and are able to communicate. Vitamin B3 contributes to producing the molecule, and experiments show that it has a positive effect on mice, helping them have healthy babies.

Vitamin B9 is already recommended for pregnant women, and scientists are thinking about recommending vitamin B3 as well.