Your Pregnancy

FOLIC ACID The fundamentals

PREGNANCCY MONTH 1

If no-one really understands the connection between folic acid and a decrease in the cases of spina bifida and neural tube defects in babies, do folic acid and a healthy pregnancy really go hand in hand? Yes, they most certainly do, so much so that the carried a cover story about the vitamin, and the enrichment of certain foods with folic acid has become mandatory. Even in South Africa, all bread and maize is fortified with vitamins and minerals, including

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