Meningomyelocele : Prevention
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Folic acid supplements may help reduce the risk of neural tube defects such as myelomeningocele. It is recommended that any woman considering becoming pregnant take 0.4 mg of folic acid a day. Pregnant women need 1 mg per day. It is important to r...
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Folic acid is a type of B vitamin. It is water-soluble, which means it cannot be stored in the body. Water-soluble vitamins dissolve in water. Leftover amounts of the vitamin leave the body through the urine. That means you need a continuous supply of the vitamin in your diet.
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Folic acid, one of the B vitamins, is necessary to make DNA and is, thus, essential for cell division. Folate deficiency causes serious birth defects and anemia, and it increases the risk for heart attacks and strokes.
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Recent studies have shown that folic acid can prevent certain birth defects. And it now seems that this vitamin may even reduce the risk of heart disease.
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Folic acid is a water-soluable vitamin belonging to the B-complex group of vitamins. These vitamins help the body break down complex carbohydrates into simple sugars that can be readily used for energy.
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Folic acid is a water-soluble B vitamin essential in the human diet. It is an important cofactor in the synthesis of DNA and RNA of dividing cells, particularly during pregnancy and infancy when there is an increase in cell division and growth.
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Folic acid is a water-soluble vitamin belonging to the B-complex group of vitamins . These vitamins help the body break down complex carbohydrates into simple sugars to be used for energy.
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Folic AcidOther Name(s):vitamin B-9, folacin, folate, tetrahydrofolic acid, tetrahydropteroylglutamic acid, THFGeneral Description:Folic acid, folate, or vitamin B-9, is awater-soluble vitamin. It plays an important part in cell division, in the c...
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Folic acid is a water-soluable vitamin belonging to the B-complex group of vitamins . These vitamins help the body break down complex carbohydrates into simple sugars to be used for energy.
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