Eat your tomatoes to lower birth risk odds


	Eat your tomatoes to lower birth risk odds

dfiskey

3-12-2007 12:52 PM

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pregnancy, children, babies, tomatoes, food, health, birth defects

dfiskey says:

good thing i looooooove tomatoes!

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3-13-2007 9:45 PM

Sorgalim

me too...thanks god...

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