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"It has been clearly demonstrated in the laboratory animal, pet animal, and agriculture that 98% of all birth defects are not "genetic" in nature, but, in fact, are nutritional deficiencies of the egg, embryo, and fetus, and can be prevented by preconception nutrition. Working with these facts instead of denying them, the animal industry has all but eliminated tragic and expensive birth defects by supplying high quality preconception and gestational nutrition to breeding animal. A few pennies a day per animal worth of essential vitamins and minerals has virtually eliminated hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, Down's Syndrome, heart defects, cleft lip, cleft palate, muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, hernias, and limb and digit defects from their breeding colonies. The awesome zinc requirements alone of the embryo for DNA, RNA replication and as a cofactor for enzyme activity is reflected in the fact that just about every physical defect described in man can be produced by an embryonic zinc deficiency. For example, spina bifida is a well known embryonic result of a folic acid deficiency, yet folic acid supplemetation only prevents 50% of this defect - the other 50% is preventable by zinc supplementation!!" |