Professor Luke O'Neill
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2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 3 Sep
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It's at that phase of development.
So the egg gets fertilized and starts to develop.
That's when you need the folic acid.
So therefore you should be taking it if you're trying to have a baby.
Before you have one even.
And certainly very early in pregnancy be taking it.
It's a really important point.
Hence the notion of putting it in food anyway, because the women would eat the bread.
And they'd keep their folic acid levels topped up.
That's being discussed at the moment in Ireland, where the flower should be fortified.
Now, vitamin C that's very important for collagen and connecting up all your connective tissue.
And the vitamin C deficiency then, their teeth fell out, was a symptom of scurvy, because there was no collagen in their t in their gums to hold onto the teeth.
Uh so vitamin C is very important for that.
It's also important for the immune system as well.
Vitamin D is all about calcium, keeps your bones healthy.
Vitamin D levels are essential, allowing the body to use calcium to build bone.
So vitamin D deficiency means weaker bones, more breaks and fractures, and so on.
And of course, we make vitamin D in our skin from sunlight.
That was a great discovery.
Vitamin E is an antioxidant, it protects tissues from oxidative damage.
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