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Folic acid, like all other vitamins, can also be found in pills or capsules, and in food. Normally, in the concentrates of vitamins (multivitamin) can be found between 0.3 to 0.4 milligrams of folic acid, which is the same amount that is recommended by doctors: the 400 micrograms / day.

As for food, this vitamin can be found mainly in green leafy vegetables, citrus fruits, beans, organ meats, and vegetables. Foods that contain more folic acid, include: oranges, bananas, broccoli, spinach, peas, asparagus, beans, peanuts, lentils and chicken liver.

Apart from these, there are some types of foods, including flour, rice, pasta, bread and cereals, where folic acid is added in manufacturing. If you look at the label on the packaging you know how much folic acid they contain.

Supplement for pregnant
If women are adequately fed with folic acid is necessary that:
1 – Take a multivitamin or folic acid containing 400 mg of the vitamin.
2 – Eat fortified cereals contain 100% daily value of folic acid in breakfast.
3 – Increase consumption of foods fortified with folic acid (pasta, bread, rice, and make a varied diet with other foods that contain this vitamin. In this way, will be suppressed their nutritional needs.

Folic acid (or folate) is one of the B complex vitamins, which aid in cell growth and production of DNA and protein. Is a vitamin especially needed in the growth stage, during adolescence and during pregnancy.

Folic acid plays a key role in the process of cell division, so it is highly needed during pregnancy. It is essential for rapid cell division necessary for the production of tissues and organs of the embryo and fetus.

Folic acid can be consumed through food capsules

Some studies show that women who consume the recommended amount of folic acid (determined by your doctor), even before being pregnant, and during the first months of pregnancy may reduce the risk of giving birth to a premature baby with low birth weight or birth defects in the brain (anencephaly, when the baby is born without brains or with only part of it, and can not live) in the spine (spina bifida, when the baby’s spine is not correctly), and the lip and palate (cleft lip). It is important to take folic acid before pregnancy because these problems develop very early in pregnancy, only three or four weeks after conception.

78% reduced risk of spina bifida
Taking folic acid is a very simple preventive measure and a spectacular performance, both to prevent a 78 percent pregnancy affected with spina bifida, a condition that affects many organs, with serious consequences and it becomes very debilitating.

Fast food, junk or trash can lead to depression, doctors have warned, so those who regularly eat foods high in fat, ready meals, desserts and candies have almost 60 percent more likely to suffer depression than those who opt for fruits, vegetables and fish.

The researchers say their study is the first to investigate the relationship between diet and mental health in general, rather than the effects of individual foods.

Dr Eric Brunner, one of the researchers from University College London, said: “It seems that several aspects of life, such as exercise, it is also important, however it appears that diet plays an independent role” .

The study, in the British Journal of Psychiatry, used data from 3. 486 male and female staff of about 55 years and each participant completed a questionnaire about their eating habits, with a self-evaluation for depression five years later.

The researchers found that those with the highest intake of processed foods were 58 percent more likely to be depressed, five years later.

The researchers suggest several reasons for the protective effect of a healthy diet, they believe that high levels of antioxidants in fruits and vegetables protect against depression, like folic acid that is found in broccoli, cabbage, spinach, lentils and chickpeas.

Roasted such as eating more fish may be protective due to the high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega 3) states.