Sunday, April 1, 2012

The Folic Acid

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 that as Folic acid.

Food                Quantity              Folic acid (mgc)

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

1 comment:

Srileka said...

iam having a pill for it...