subject: Advantages Of Folic Acid [print this page] One should know that folic acid is alsoknown as vitamin b9, folate along with pteroyl-L-glutamic acid and pteroyl-L-glutamate which are water-soluble forms of vitamin B9. One should know that folic acid do not show its biological ability because of tetrahydrofolate and other derivatives as it has the conversion into dihydrofolic acid in the liver of the body. So the folic acid plays an important role in most of the bodily functions which ranges from nucleotide biosynthesis to the remethylation of homocysteine . Folic acid is beneficial at the time of fast cell division and growth in the body. Mostly it is beneficial for both elders and children as it helps in the production of red blood cells in their bodies. This helps them to get protected from anemia. One can see folic acid in leafy vegetables as the major source but in most of the countries folic acid si commonly found in cereals and breads.
People should know that in case they got lack of dietary folic acid in their bodies then it is going to lead folate deficiency. The folate deficiency occured due to less folic acid in thebody will result in various health problems especially neural tube defects which develops mostly in embroyos. One should collect the information that leafy vegetables like spinach, asparagus, turnip greens, lettuces, dried or fresh beans and peas, fortified cereal products, sunflower seeds and certain other fruits and vegetables are rich sources of folic acid. Woman should have the knowledge of having the best usage of folic acid in them as the have to carry whole family which is full of responsibilities. Liver and liver products available in themarket do have the prescence of folic acid in them. One can see prescence of folic acid in baker's yeast.
Consumers of folic acid products should know that most of the breakfast cereals are fortified for 25% to 100% of the recommended dietary allowance for the usage of folic acid. Not only this most of the countries add folic acid in their grain products. Most of the drugs like to interfere withthe biosynthesis of folic acid such as dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors such as trimethoprim, pyrimethamine and methotrexate and sulfonamides etc. One should keep the information most of the biological functions are done tetrahydrofolate of the folic acid in the body. Lots of programmes and seminars are done by NGO's and medical faculty to raise awareness among people to have the more consumption of folic acid in their diets. One such programmes is folic acid fortification program ofunited states which has higher the level of folic acid consumption in foods like cereals and in grains which has resulted in high amount of folate in many adults diet. So users should know about folic acid and then start making it as one's diet.
