Category Archives: Multivitamins and Minerals
How much We Need Folic Acid Each Day?
There is an increased requirement with age and in certain physiological situations such as pregnancy and lactation. There are several recommendations, most today are those conducted by the Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine-National Academy of Sciences at its last revision in 1998. The agency says that the U.S. recommended daily intake is by [...]
Folic Acid
This water-soluble vitamin is important in the prevention of fetal malformations affecting the nervous system. 1. What is it? It is a water soluble vitamin, part of the so-called B-complex vitamins. Food does not contain folic acid as such (acid-pteroyl monoglutámico) but similar derivatives from a nutritional standpoint, and all of them all are called [...]
