I. FOLIC ACID - FACTS & FAQ'S

Folid acid is a well explored b-vitamin. Below are all the known facts:

• Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet - Human Nutrition: Folate, Folacin, Folic Acid ("..This fact sheet is one in a series containing information to help you select foods that provide adequate daily amounts of vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber. Following these guidelines will put your diet in accordance with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.." - including an index of good sources of folate in our food)
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ("..The purpose of these questions and answers is to educate women of childbearing age on the importance of consuming 400 micrograms of folic acid everyday. Folic Acid can help reduce the risk of spina bifida by up to 70%..")
  
• Folic Acid, Vitamin B 9 (Detailed)
• Folic Acid Fortification ("..Folic acid is a B vitamin. For women, this amount of folic acid on a daily basis spina bifida or anencephaly, both of which are neural tube defects (NTDs) in the baby..." - Detailed, FDA fact sheet)
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II. FOLIC ACID - NEWS & ARTICLES

Besides the raw facts, it is useful to know where it can be found, when or how much of it should be taken daily and what are the latest scientific news:

• Folic Acid Information (What are Folic Acid, Folate and Folacin? When should Folic Acid be taken? Where can it be found? Dietary sources of Folic Acid)
• Folic Acid (Folate, Vitamin B-9) ("..Folic acid is a water-soluble B vitamin that takes its name from the Latin word for leaf, folium, because it was first isolated from spinach leaves...")
• Folate for all. (Supplements) ("..Cardiac experts believe folic acid, the B vitamin in fruits and vegetables that prevents certain birth defects, can avert up to 10 percent of all cases of heart disease and stroke...")
• Periconceptional use of folic acid for reduction of the risk of neural tube defects ("..Neural tube defects are congenital malformations produced during intrauterine life by failure of closure of the neural tube, which eventually forms the central nervous system. Failure of closure typically at the cranial end of the neural tube results in anencephaly, or at the caudal neuropore end, in spina bifida...")
• Knowledge About Folic Acid and Use of Multivitamins Containing Folic Acid Among Reproductive-Aged Women -- Georgia, 1995)
• Nomenclature and symbols for folic acid and related compounds
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