葉酸對孕婦有咩好?

Folic acid is very important for all women who may become pregnant. Adequate folate intake during the periconceptional period, the time just before and just after a woman becomes pregnant, helps protect against a number of congenital malformations including neural tube defects. Neural tube defects result in malformations of the spine (spina bifida), skull, and brain (anencephaly). The risk of neural tube defects is significantly reduced when supplemental folic acid is consumed in addition to a healthy diet prior to and during the first month following conception. Women who could become pregnant are advised to eat foods fortified with folic acid or take supplements in addition to eating folate-rich foods to reduce the risk of some serious birth defects. Taking 400 micrograms of synthetic folic acid daily from fortified foods and/or supplements has been suggested. The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for folate equivalents for pregnant women is 600 micrograms.

簡單黎講就係：唔夠葉酸就會令bb有Neural tube defects，例如兔唇等。

Folate is necessary for the production and maintenance of new cells. This is especially important during periods of rapid cell division and growth such as infancy and pregnancy. Folate is needed to replicate DNA. It also helps prevent changes to DNA that may lead to cancer. Thus folate deficiency hinders DNA synthesis and cell division, affecting most clinically the bone marrow, a site of rapid cell turnover. Because RNA and protein synthesis are not hindered, large red blood cells called megaloblasts are produced, resulting in megaloblastic anemia. Both adults and children need folate to make normal red blood cells and prevent anemia.

即係對細胞分裂，製造新細胞，同複製DNA都好重要，冇既就會影響骨髓，做成貧血

是促進胎兒神經發展，有助成長。

葉酸係幫助初期bb吸收營養同發育o架... 食多d葉酸對bb吸收好d囉... 佢會生長得快d同埋健康d.... 對媽咪反而幫助不大... ^^

葉酸，英文名為 Folic acid 或 folate，又被稱作水溶性維他命B。他在很多食物中存在，也可以從保健品中攝取。
葉酸在綠葉子植物如菠菜中大量存在，另外各種豆類和豆製品，穀類早餐和一些水果中也有很多葉酸。
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