FOLIC ACID ROLE IN PREGNANCY AND ITS BENEFITS

  
Folic acid is a pregnancy  Taking a prenatal vitamin with the recommended 400 micrograms (mcg) of folic acid before and during pregnancy can help prevent birth defects of your baby's brain and spinal cord. Take it every day and rest of  the   bowl  of fortified cereal, too.Folic acid                                          Birth defects occur within the first 3-4 weeks of pregnancy. So it's important to have folic acid in your system during those early stages when your baby's brain and spinal cord are developing.

If you talked to your doctor when you were trying to conceive, she probably told you to start taking a prenatal vitamin with folic acid. One study showed that women who took folic acid for at least a year before getting pregnant cut their chances of delivering early by 50% or more.
The CDC recommends that you start taking folic acid every day for at least a month before you become pregnant, and every day while you are pregnant. However, the CDC also recommends that all women of child be Folic acid is a type of B vitamin that is normally found in foods such as dried beans, peas, lentils, oranges, whole-wheat products, liver, asparagus, beets, broccoli, brussels sprouts, and spinach. Folic acid helps your body produce and maintain new cells, and also helps prevent changes to DNA that may lead to cancer .aring age take folic acid every day. So you'd be fine to start taking it even earlier.Good Food Sources of Folic Acid:-

Foods that can help you get more folic acid in your diet include:

400 mg: Breakfast cerealsfortified with 100% of the DV, 3/4 cup
215 mg: Beef liver, cooked, braised, 3 oz
179 mg: Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, 1/2 cup
115 mg: Spinach, frozen, cooked, boiled, 1/2 cup
110 mg: Egg noodles, enriched, cooked, 1/2 cup
100 mg: Breakfast cereals, fortified with 25% of the DV, 3/4 cup
90 mg: Great Northern beans, boiled, 1/2 cup

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