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Folic acid is a nutrient essential for the maturation of red blood cells, immune system base. If lacking in the body, can decrease cell production healthy. Its intake is essential for all people, but especially for women seeking a pregnancy or already pregnant, because it helps the good fetal development.
Foods that contain a folate, a water soluble vitamin B group are green leafy vegetables, fruits, viscera, especially liver and yeast.

Experts at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG, by its initials in English) agree that there is a lack of information and awareness about this nutrient, and the fact that eating disorders can prevent the baby, especially neural tube involved in the development of the spinal cord.
The deformity directly related to lack of folic acid, which helps to build cells throughout the body of the baby “is a called spina bifida and is defined as a birth disorder that occurs when the baby’s spine does not close completely.

There is no cure for a spina bifida. Nerve tissue damaged or lost cannot be replaced or repaired, nor can restore function of damaged nerves, there is only palliative treatment that vary according to the severity of the case, says the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS, by its acronym in English) of the National Institutes of Health. It is a lifelong condition that impairs normal development of the child completely.

Children with a spina bifida can lead relatively active lives. The prognosis depends on the number and severity of abnormalities and associated complications. Most children with the disorder have normal intelligence and can walk, usually with assistive devices. If they develop learning problems, it is useful to early educational intervention describes the NINDS.

One of 2 thousand babies born in the U.S. with this congenital condition adds the Spina Bifida Association of America, adding that is scientifically proven that neural tube disorders would be reduced by up to 75 percent if women of childbearing age consume the adequate amount of folic acid.

The agency conducts information activities for the public but also health care providers, on the grounds that “there is a lack of evidence that women receive consistent and accessible education about folic acid by the suppliers they say.

During the week of awareness about folic acid consumption, which is held every year in June, the ACOG says that most women who might become pregnant should consume a daily multivitamin containing 0.4 milligrams of folic acid. And this amount of increase for medical decisions when a family history of spina bifida.