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A healthy diet can help you have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. ... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Also available in: Spanish
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
Also available in: Spanish
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 >
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, CDC
Also available in: Spanish
A single serving of many breakfast cereals has the amount of folic acid that a woman needs each day.... Details >
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC
Learn about dietary sources of folate, a water-soluble B vitamin that occurs naturally in food and helps produce and maintain cells. Folic acid is the synthetic form of folate that is found in supplem... Details >
Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health
Also available in: Spanish
Folic acid is a B vitamin. Our bodies use it to make new cells. Folic acid can also help prevent some major birth defects. Learn why everyone needs folic acid. ... Details >
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC
Also available in: Spanish - (PDF)
Information about the importance of regular prenatal care is provided in English and Spanish, including what to expect during prenatal visits, prenatal tests and exams, tips to help prevent and reliev... Details >
Take this short quiz to test your knowledge and learn more about folic acid. ... Details >
Folate helps produce and maintain new cells which is especially important during infancy and pregnancy. Check out the list of foods with this important nutrient.... Details >
Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health
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