Melbourne, Aug 10 (PTI) Taking vitamin B3 - a common dietary supplement - can prevent miscarriages and multiple types of birth defects, scientists said today, hailing the finding as a major medical breakthrough. This has the potential to significantly reduce the number of miscarriages and birth defects around the world," said Dunwoodie. Scientists discovered that simply boosting levels of dietary supplement vitamin B3 during pregnancy can prevent miscarriages and birth defects. Vitamin B3 is required to make NAD and is typically found in meats and green vegetables as well as vegemite. After the dietary change, both the miscarriages and birth defects were completely prevented, with all the offspring born perfectly healthy.

Source: India Today August 10, 2017 10:00 UTC