Motherhood is one of life's true blessings! Doesn't matter if you are pregnant or thinking of being pregnant. You need to read this important information. Give your baby every advantage....
Excerpts from: The Center For Disease Control (CDC):
The B vitamin folic acid helps prevent birth defects. If a woman has enough folic acid in her body before and while she is pregnant, her baby is less likely to have a major birth defect of the brain or spine.
Most women do not know how important folic acid is for their bodies and for the health of a baby they might have in the future. They also do not know that a woman needs to take folic acid every day, starting before she is pregnant, for it to work to prevent birth defects.
Birth defects of a baby's brain or spine happen in the first few weeks of pregnancy, often before a woman knows that she is pregnant. That is why it is important for a woman to get enough folic acid each day, starting before she is pregnant.
A woman's body uses folic acid to make healthy new cells for her baby. Scientists are not sure how folic acid works to prevent birth defects, but they do know that it is needed for making the cells that will form a baby's brain, spine, organs, skin, and bones.
Every woman needs folic acid for the healthy new cells her body makes every day . . . even if she is not planning to get pregnant.
Folic Acid is also necessary and needful for persons with high Homocysteine levels. High Homocysteine levels can occur from: Genetic disorders, Folate (folic acid) deficiency, B12 deficiency, B6 deficiency, Poor kidney function, Increasing age, Male sex, Excessive alcohol intake and Smoking.
Homocysteine:
Homocysteine is an intermediate compound produced in the body in the process of converting the essential amino acid methionine into cysteine, used by the body to make hair and other components. When folic acid, B6 and B12 are deficient in the diet to assist in enzymatic conversion of homocysteine to methionine or cysteine, homocysteine begins to accumulate in the blood. Observation studies have lead to the development of the theory that high homocysteine levels in the blood may contribute to the development of heart disease. Data collected from more than 10,000 patients from about 80 clinical and population studies add credence to this theory. Now, high blood levels of homocysteine or homocysteinemia is considered a well-established risk factor for heart diseases."
B6, B12, and folic acid are necessary for the metabolism of homocysteine. Increased intake of B6 and folate may contribute to a decline in diseases and deaths in the US by indirectly assisting in the reduction of accumulated homocysteine in the blood.
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