Supplements to Prevent Birth Defects

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Supplements to Prevent Birth Defects

 

The risk of neural tube defects - such as spina bifida - affecting

unborn children can be drastically decreased by supplementing with B

vitamins. Beginning at least one month before planned conception and

continuing through the first trimester, women of child-bearing age

should take 400 micrograms of folic acid daily. Good food sources of

folates (the name for the family of folic acids found in food) are

green vegetables, orange juice and beans. In addition, would-be moms

may want to increase their intake of vitamin B12. Food sources for

vitamin B12 are meat, dairy, eggs and fish

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Diana Gonzalez

 

 

 

 

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