Essentials of Folic Acid

Swartz, Nutritional Counselor, discusses how vitamin Bc has been proven to help prevent ectoderm defects, and therefore the way women can include sources of vitamin Bc with their pregnancy nutrition.

Folic acid may be a crucial part of pregnancy nutrition during the first trimester.

Between days 17 to 30, four to six weeks after the first days of a woman's last cycle, the formation, and closure of the ectoderm occur.

The ectoderm will later become the spinal cord, brain, and the bone surrounding the spinal cord and brain.

If the fetus doesn't receive the proper pregnancy nutrition before and through the first trimester, ectoderm defects may occur.

During the first trimester, one of the ends of the ectoderm will fail to shut properly resulting in this type of birth defect.

The 2 commonest ectoderm defects are rachischisis and anencephaly.

Spina bifida results when the lower end of the ectoderm fails to shut.

As a result, the spinal cord and vertebrate don't develop properly.

Sometimes a sack of fluid protrudes through a niche within the rear, and sometimes a number of the spinal cord is contained during this sac.

The survival rate for infants born with rachischisis is 80%.

Despite varying degrees of disability, many individuals with rachischisis lead long, successful, and productive lives.

Anencephaly could also be a fatal condition during which the upper end of the ectoderm fails to shut.

This results in the brain not developing completely or not being present entirely.

Pregnancies affected by anencephaly often end in miscarriages and thus the infants who are born alive die immediately after birth.

Folic acid has been proven to help prevent an ectoderm defect pregnancy by 50 to 70 percent when taken one month before conception and throughout the first trimester.

vitamin Bc is vital for proper cell growth and development of the embryo.

Although it isn't known exactly how vitamin Bc works to prevent ectoderm defects, its role in tissue formation is vital.

vitamin Bc is required for the assembly of DNA, which is vital for the rapid cell growth needed to make fetal tissues and organs early in pregnancy.

For this reason, it is vital for a woman to possess sufficient vitamin Bc ingested before and through pregnancy.

When trying to seek out sources of vitamin Bc, it's important to understand that there are two major sources of this B-vitamin: folate and vitamin Bc.

Folate is that the shape found naturally found in foods.

vitamin Bc is that the synthetic form that's utilized in vitamin supplements and added to fortified foods.

Most of the folate found in foods have a more complex structure than synthetic vitamin Bc.

A more complex structure affects the intestine's ability to process and absorb folate found in foods.

The body can absorb and use the vitamin Bc found in vitamin supplements and prepared foods more efficiently than it can convert the food folate into a useable form.

As a result, synthetic vitamin Bc is about twice as bioavailable or absorbable than present food folate.

This prenatal multivitamin is usually taken before and through pregnancy.

- vitamin Bc and B-12 Sublingual Drops contains 400mcg of vitamin Bc.

 

Women need to get enough vitamin Bc each day throughout their reproductive years.

This B-vitamin must be taken daily for a minimum of 1 month before conception and continue taking it through the first trimester of pregnancy to prevent ectoderm defects.

Public Health Service recommends that everyone woman of childbearing age should consume a minimum of 400 micrograms of vitamin Bc each day to reduce their risk of having an affected pregnancy.

For women who have already had an affected pregnancy, it's recommended that how the larger amount of vitamin Bc be taken starting one a month before conception and continuing throughout the first three months of pregnancy.

 

Finally, all women capable of becoming pregnant should consume enough vitamin Bc each day because half all pregnancies within the US are unplanned, and ectoderm defects occur before many girls know that they are pregnant.

You should seek advice from a doctor before starting any diet, exercise, or supplementation program.

 Before taking any medication, or if you have or suspect you might have a health issue.