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Get Enough Folic Acid: Quick Guide to Healthy Living Folic acid can prevent birth defects of the baby’s brain or spine if a woman takes it before and during pregnancy.... Details > National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Folic Acid: Frequently Asked Questions Also available in: Spanish The purpose of these questions and answers is to educate women of childbearing age on the importance of consuming 400 micrograms of folic acid every day.... Details > National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Cereals That Contain 100 Percent of the Daily Value (DV) of Folic Acid These cereals contain 100% of the DV of folic acid.... Details > National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Folic Acid Facts   Folic acid is a water soluble B-vitamin that helps build healthy cells. Water soluble means it does not stay in your body for very long, so you need to take it every day to help prevent neural tube de... Details > Spina Bifida Association of America Folic Acid Quiz How much do you know about folic acid? Try your hand at this quiz.... Details > National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Folic Acid Topic Also available in: Spanish Links to information related to the national campaign on promoting the use of folic acid to prevent NTDs (neural tube defects); other related information on birth defects for consumers, in both Englis... Details > National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Folic acid: Before and During Pregnancy   This page presents questions about folic acid before and during pregnancy. It is a synthetic vitamin from the family of the B vitamin that can be found in fortified foods and in supplemental vitamins ... Details > National Alliance for Hispanic Health Folic Acid--Easy to Read Find out what folic acid is, why women should take it, how they can obtain it, and how much they should take before and during pregnancy and breastfeeding.... Details > National Women's Health Information Center, Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Why Folic Acid Is So Important Also available in: Spanish The B vitamin folic acid helps prevent birth defects. If a woman has enough folic acid in her body before she is pregnant, it can help prevent major birth defects of her baby’s brain and spine.... Details > National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities