Folic acid or vitamin B is one of the most important essential ingredients for pregnant women, which is usually prescribed and recommended by the doctor during pregnancy in the form of tablets or injections. However, folic acid is found in many foods, vegetables and natural fruits. It is found in vegetables Such as spinach and lettuce, and are found in cabbage, asparagus, beans, lentils and yeast, and are found in fruits such as oranges, berries, pineapples, papaya and peaches. They are found in grains such as raisins, rind, wheat germ and nuts such as peanuts and sunflower seeds. Cheese and honey are found in cattle liver Chicken liver, salmon and tuna. In order to obtain enough folic acid, it is preferable to eat vegetables and nuts containing it, which is raw as folic acid decreases when cooked vegetables and fruits.
Folic acid can be taken as tablets, and the average daily intake of folic acid is 400 to 430 micrograms. The benefits of folate for pregnant women are that it reduces the risk of miscarriages, treats anemia, and protects fetuses from deformities and birth defects. In the early months of pregnancy and regulates the process of the formation of neurons for the fetus in both the early and late stages of pregnancy and activates the immune system by helping to form white blood cells and reduces the risk of colon cancer and stomach and its benefits that affects the amino acid known as Homocyste N, which at the height of the blood leads to hardening of the arteries so Folic acid protects against the risk of strokes and strokes
Folic acid deficiency causes the body to ulcers, redness of the tongue, anemia, infectious disorders, fatigue, general weakness, birth defects and increased risk of strokes, heart attacks and atherosclerosis.