Folic acid is also known as folacin and folate
Folic acid helps the body to make RNA and DNA. It helps to produce new cells. Because of this role deficiencies of folic acid can really advers effects especially during pregnancy infancy and adolesence, when the body is growing rapidly. This vitamin in combination with vitamin B12 is essential for the formation, maturation and multiplication of red blood cells.
It is a water soluble vitamin this means folic acid is not stored by our body.
Women should take this vitamin before pregnancy and early pregnancy atleast 0.4 mg of it. This vitamin is very important to womens health. We can have folic acid in our daily food like greeny vegetables, egg, orange juice etc.. We can also have a suppliment of it in the form of capsules and tonics.
Folic acid can be very rapidly destroyed when heated in any neutral or alkaline substances, so becareful of overcooking the food.
Food Quantity Folic acid (mgc)
Orange juice 1/2 cup 60-100
Egg 100gm 70.3
Cow pee 100gm 69.0
Liver(sheep) 100gm 65.5
Spinach 100gm 51.0
Sesame seeds 100gm 51.0
Whole Wheat pasta 1/2 cup 23
Pearl millet 100gm 14.7
Folic acid helps the body to make RNA and DNA. It helps to produce new cells. Because of this role deficiencies of folic acid can really advers effects especially during pregnancy infancy and adolesence, when the body is growing rapidly. This vitamin in combination with vitamin B12 is essential for the formation, maturation and multiplication of red blood cells.
It is a water soluble vitamin this means folic acid is not stored by our body.
Women should take this vitamin before pregnancy and early pregnancy atleast 0.4 mg of it. This vitamin is very important to womens health. We can have folic acid in our daily food like greeny vegetables, egg, orange juice etc.. We can also have a suppliment of it in the form of capsules and tonics.
Folic acid can be very rapidly destroyed when heated in any neutral or alkaline substances, so becareful of overcooking the food.
Food that as Folic acid.
Asparagus 5 spears 110
Orange juice 1/2 cup 60-100
Egg 100gm 70.3
Cow pee 100gm 69.0
Liver(sheep) 100gm 65.5
Spinach 100gm 51.0
Sesame seeds 100gm 51.0
Whole Wheat pasta 1/2 cup 23
Pearl millet 100gm 14.7
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iam having a pill for it...
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