 Articles tagged: Folic Acid supplement
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The form used in fortifying foods is pteroylglutamic acid (PGA) or folic acid itself. Today the government requires fortification of certain foods with folic acid because it is so important to the human body. Mostly folic acid is fortified in cereals and flours. Folic acid can also be found by itself as a supplement or in a B vitamin complex.
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The primary cause of a folic acid deficiency is poor diet, but currently governments in the U.S., Britain and other countries are requiring that foods be fortiefied with folic acid or folate as it is sometimes called.
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Folic Acid is one of the more commonly known prenatal supplements. Its recommended that you get four hundred mcg daily as an adult and if you are pregnant, could become pregnant or lactating you should get between six hundred and eight hundred mcg. daily. written by vincent Platania
Folic acid is commonly suggested for women who are pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant because it can prevent birth defects of various kinds including neural tube defects, limb defects, and cleft palate, or cleft lips. written by vincent Platania
Folic acid can help to fight anemia in patients, both for those who have a B vitamin deficiency and those who have developed anemia for other reasons.
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Naturally it follows that people who load up on extra grains will have a slightly higher intake of folic acid. It is also true that certain grains contain
more folic acid and that some cereals are fortified to greater degree than others.
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