Folic acid
Folic acid is known as vitamin B, folate, vitamin B9, and vitamin M. This acid is produced artificially for use in foods and supplements. The body also needs it to raise the level of red blood cells in the body to prevent anemia, treat the digestive system, DNA repair, helps cells to rapidly split and grow, folic acid is derived from folium Latin and means the paper.
The lack of this acid in the body may not show symptoms directly, but continues for several months to develop, and this shortage leads to the emergence of many health problems and the emergence of defects in the nervous system and affect the rate of 0.002% on births, and may lead to diarrhea, shortness of breath, Mental confusion, forgetfulness in many cases or cognitive deficit, psychological depression, inflammation and swelling of the tongue, mouth ulcers, headaches, palpitations, various irritations, behavioral disorders, may lead to the emergence of chronic cancer.
Sources of folic acid
Folic acid is found in many different food sources and in different proportions. It is found in green leaves. One cup gives spinach 65%, cabbage 44%, turnip 42%, mustard 26%, lettuce 19%, and in the asparagus is thick, as one cup of it gives 262 micrograms containing 65% of the acid needed by humans daily, and broccoli or broccoli by 24%, but it is recommended to eat well cooked these plants, , It has 29% papaya, 10% orange, 8% grapefruit, 6.5% strawberry, and berry 71%, chickpeas 71%, black beans 64%, white beans 57%, lima beans 39%, red beans 65% , Green beans 25%, green beans 10%, and avocados 90 micrometers, 22 percent, okra 37 grams, 25 percent Brussels sprouts, and nuts seeds, one cup per day, 84%, peanuts 88%, almonds 12%, 2 tablespoons of flaxseed, 14%, and one cup of beet contains 136 μg Of corn, 20%, of celery 8%, of islands 5%, of pumpkins 14%, of squash 9%.