When and how to take folic acid?


When and how to take folic acid
 
 
On the question of when and how to take folic acid, there is one right answer - on prescription and quantity, which will indicate the doctor. However, many women have probably heard that you need to take folic acid for some time before planning pregnancy. Well, who would go to a doctor for advice about taking vitamin B9 seasonable (aka folic acid)? For those who do not go to the doctor, but still concerned about the issue of folic acid below the following information.

Usually the issue of folic acid puzzling women learn that they are waiting for the baby. After all, for pregnant women folic acid is very important. Lack of vitamin B9 in pregnant women can lead to detachment of the placenta, the birth of a premature or stillborn child or a baby with mental retardation and birth defects. Besides herself pregnant woman suffers from a lack of folic acid in the body. 
 
For this reason, it may be toxicosis, depression, anemia, pain of the legs. The value of folic acid is difficult to overestimate, in fact it helps in the formation of DNA and blood cells, which provide immunity. And as it is involved in the formation of the placenta. But folic acid does not accumulate in the body, the stock of this valuable vitamin supplement should be daily. And especially to pregnant women in the first trimester, as they excreted 4-5 times more folic acid. That is why doctors recommend to start taking folic acid for 2-3 months before pregnancy to replenish their stores of vitamin B9 personal. But take folic acid should be in an amount which you recommend a doctor. 
 
Most often, when planning a pregnancy or in the first trimester prescribe multivitamin designed specifically for pregnant women. They contain the necessary amount of vitamin B9. It is important not to overdo it. After an overdose of folic acid in the body can also lead to tragic consequences. The child can then be indigestion, and it may be too excited.

In the adult daily requirement of folic acid is 400mkg, pregnant women, this need is 400-600mkg. If you decide to take folic acid without consulting your doctor, do not exceed these doses. Also remember that folic acid is found in the leaves of green plants such as onions, spinach, lettuce. Just carrots are rich in folic acid, buckwheat, oats, nuts, bananas, apricots and oranges, mushrooms, pumpkin and yeast. In the products of meat origin vitamin B9 can be found in beef liver, a lamb and chicken, milk, eggs, cheese, salmon and tuna.

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