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Iron deficiency in pregnancy may affect sex development

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Hippocratic Post

Iron deficiency in pregnancy may influence the sex development of a baby in utero, researchers have found. An 8-year international study involving The University of Queensland found a low-iron diet in pregnant mice caused male-to-female sex reversal in a proportion of their embryos. Emeritus Professor Peter Koopman from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience, working with […]

Should we eat more red meat?

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Hippocratic Post

Should we eat more red meat, not less? That’s the question posed by the a new study published by the journal Nutrients which found that blanket health messages to lower red meat intakes could have adverse implications on the micronutrient quality of women’s diets, particularly intakes of zinc and vitamin D. The secondary analysis of […]