Why need folic acid

Nearly 40 percent carry the second form, called “CT.” People who have the variant forms of the gene are not able to process folate as easily as those with the normal form, called “wild CC.” The inability to process folate leads to spinal co…

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Folic acid can help prevent certain birth defects of the brain and spinal cord called neural tube defects (NTDs). Approximately 2,500 babies are born with NTDs each year in the U.S. and many additional affected pregnancies result in miscarr…

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Folic acid (also known as vitamin B9 or folate) is one of the few nutrients known to prevent neural tube birth defects such as spina bifida, which affects about one in 1,000 pregnancies each year in the United States. The Centers for Diseas…

http://www.askarize.com/2008/08/07/folic-acid-an-important-way-to-prevent-birth-defects/

Related Questions Answered on Y!Answers

I’m 60 years old why do I need to take folic acid – I have had no menstral cycle for over 10 years?

Q: I have been having a B12 injection for nearly three years but decided I felt I didn’t need it. It has now been replaced by a folic acid table, one a day, doctor says it’s for red cells but what does that cover ?

A: Oh dear your question is quite worrying. If you had been shown to need B12 previously either because you suffered from pernicious anaemia or had a dietary insufficiency, which is quite rare, you will need it lifelong. “You felt you didn’t need it????” That is a very strange thing to say. B12 deficiency which will take perhaps a year to redevelop after you have been given injections, causes among other things damage to peripheral nerves and a macrocytic anaemia.Folic acid is also a needed to allow blood cells to be formed normally, but is a totally different chemical. It has nothing to do with the fact that you are no longer menstruating!I think it is essential that you go and see your GP and get him to explain exactly what is wrong with you, which supplements your require and why.

why does a baby need folic acid?

Q: what affects does folic acid have on a baby still in the womb?

A: IT PROVIDES THE BABY WITH LOTS OF NUTRIENTS THAT IT NEEDS

Why are they putting folic acid in our bread?

Q: Think critically. Why is the government suggesting it is so important toput this in our bread? Only a small amount of people need more folic acid. There is only one reason that I can think of MASS MEDICATION.Killing you are ignorant, I suggest you research into this instead of believe everything Campbell Live tells you.

A: Well someone with alot invested in the production of folic acid obviously does quite well out of this.