Folic Acid – An Essential Part of Pregnancy Nutrition
Folic acid is an important part of pregnancy nutrition. John C. Swartz, Nutritional Counselor, discusses how folic acid has been proven to help prevent neural tube defects, and how women can include sources of folic acid with their pregnancy nutrition.
Folic acid is an important part of pregnancy nutrition during the first trimester. Between days 17 to 30, four to six weeks after the first days of a womans last menstrual cycle, the formation and closure of the neural tube occurs. The neural tube will later become the spinal cord, brain, and bone surrounding the spinal cord and brain. If the fetus does not receive the proper pregnancy nutrition before and during the first trimester, neural tube defects may occur.
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