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Get Enough Folic Acid: Quick Guide to Healthy Living

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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

FAQs: Folic Acid

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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 >

Office on Women's Health

Folic Acid: Questions and Answers

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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

Cereals That Contain 100 Percent of the Daily Value (DV) of Folic Acid

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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

Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Folate

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

Folic Acid (CDC)

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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

Test Your Folic Acid IQ  External Link

Take this short quiz to test your knowledge and learn more about folic acid. ... Details >

National Council on Folic Acid  External Link

Vitamin B12: Quick Facts

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Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in some foods, added to others, and available as a dietary supplement and a prescription medication. Find out what foods contain B12, a... Details >

Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health

Vitamin B6: Quick Facts

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Vitamin B6 is a vitamin that is naturally present in many foods, including poultry, fish and potatoes. Vitamin B6 is also involved in brain development during pregnancy and infancy as well as immune f... Details >

Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health