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Folic Acid

Folic acid is a B vitamin. It helps the body make healthy new cells. Everyone needs folic acid. For women who may get pregnant, it is really important. Getting enough folic acid before and during pregnancy can prevent major birth defects of her baby's brain or spine.

Foods with folic acid in them include:

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  1. Folic Acid (National Library of Medicine)  
    Folic acid is a B vitamin. It helps the body make healthy new cells. Everyone needs folic acid. For women who may get pregnant, it is really important. Getting enough folic acid before and during pregnancy can prevent major birth ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/folicacid.html - Health Topics
  2. Hereditary folate malabsorption 
    Hereditary folate malabsorption is a disorder that interferes with the body's ability to absorb certain B vitamins (called folates) from food. Folates are important ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../hereditary-folate-malabsorption - Genetics
  3. Cerebral folate transport deficiency 
    Cerebral folate transport deficiency is a disorder that develops from a shortage (deficiency) of the B-vitamin folate (also called vitamin B9) in the brain. Affected ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../cerebral-folate-transport-deficiency - Genetics
  4. Folate deficiency 
    Folate deficiency means you have a lower-than-normal amount of folic acid , a type of vitamin B, in your blood. ... Folic acid (vitamin B9) works with vitamin B12 and vitamin C to help the body break down, use, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000354.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Folic acid and birth defect prevention 
    Taking folic acid before and during pregnancy can reduce the risk for certain birth defects. These include spina bifida, anencephaly , ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002092.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Folic acid in diet 
    Folic acid and folate are both terms for a type of B vitamin (vitamin B9). Folate is a B vitamin that occurs naturally in ... as green leafy vegetables, citrus fruit, and beans. Folic acid is man-made (synthetic) folate. It is found ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002408.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Folic acid - test 
    Folic acid is also called vitamin B9. This article discusses the test to measure the amount of folic acid in the blood. It is often done together ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003686.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Folate From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)  
    ... Information > Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets > Folate > Folate - Consumer Folate Fact Sheet for Consumers Have a question? Ask ... see our health professional fact sheet . What is folate and what does it do? Folate is a ...
    https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Folate-Consumer - Drugs and Supplements
  9. Folic Acid 
    Folic acid is used to treat or prevent folic acid deficiency. It is a B-complex vitamin needed ... Folic acid comes in tablets. It usually is taken once a day. Follow the directions on your prescription ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682591.html - Drugs and Supplements
  10. Folate-deficiency anemia 
    Folate-deficiency anemia is a decrease in red blood cells (anemia) due to a lack of folate. Folate is a type of B vitamin. It is also called folic acid. Anemia is a condition in which the body ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000551.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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