Consuming salt enriched with folic acid could prevent birth defects
Researchers have determined that salt enriched with folic acid, consumed with meals, may help reduce the risk of birth defects ...
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Folic acid: signs you have a vitamin B9 deficiency
A deficiency in folic acid, also called vitamin B9, can manifest itself in severe fatigue, anemia, but also in more ...
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Vitamin B9: 5 Reasons to Eat Folate-Rich Foods
Vitamin B9 is often well known to pregnant women because its supplementation is systematically recommended from the moment of birth ...
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Vitamin B9 deficiency: a higher risk of dementia and death in the elderly
Older people with low levels of folate, the salt of folic acid, are more likely to develop dementia and die ...
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A young patient files a complaint against her mother’s doctor: what is spina bifida?
Spina bifida, a birth defect, can have serious consequences on the baby. To avoid it, vitamin B9 must be taken ...
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Folic acid: essential to avoid the risk of spina bifida
Spina bifida, a malformation of the spinal cord, affects more than 450 children each year in France. In prevention, the ...
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Autism less common with folic acid supplementation
Are Vitamin Supplements Used Before or During Pregnancy Associated with Reduced Risk of Autism? A recent study suggests it while ...
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Migraine: vitamin deficiencies pointed out in children
More than half of young migraine patients are deficient in vitamin D and B2 as well as coenzyme Q10 and ...
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Folic acid: supplementation weakens the immune system in elderly subjects
In elderly mice, a high consumption of vitamin B9 leads to a decrease in immune defenses, which makes them more ...
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Pregnancy: European women do not take enough vitamin B9
Supplementation with folic acid before and during early pregnancy reduces the risk of abnormal neural tube closure. However, only a ...
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Spina bifida: the number of cases does not drop in Europe
Taking folic acid before and in early pregnancy can reduce the risk of neural tube closure abnormalities. However, only a ...
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Folic acid: supplementation reduces the risk of autism
Consuming at least 800 micrograms of folic acid during pregnancy suppresses the risk of autism associated with fetal exposure to ...
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