Showing posts with label folic acid vitamin b9 pregnancy premature births flour bread. Show all posts
Showing posts with label folic acid vitamin b9 pregnancy premature births flour bread. Show all posts

Saturday, 2 February 2008

Folic acid and pregnancy

Taking folic acid,a form of vitamin B9, a year before pregnancy cuts premature births by 70%, potientially saving 1000s of lives every year.

It has been suggested that folic acid should be added to flour and bread.