Iron Folic

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Iron Folic helps prevent birth defects.

Iron supports various aspects of the immune system and is important in a wide range of biological processes. A healthy diet with adequate amounts of folic acid may reduce a woman’s risk of having a child with brain or spinal cord defects.

One of the best tolerated nutritional forms of iron, ferrous fumarate, an organic mineral salt, is combined with folic acid. Tablets are protected with the special coating which makes them easy to swallow.

Iron is needed to form hemoglobin, the substance in our blood that carries the life-sustaining oxygen from the lungs to every cell of the body. Iron is an essential component of myoglobin, which transports and stores oxygen in the muscle.

For anyone who is interested in supplementing their diet with iron, wishes to increase their intake of folic acid, who may not consume adequate amounts of meats, whole grains, enriched cereals, legumes, vegetables, and is a woman of child-bearing age, is pregnant, or is planning to become pregnant.

Suggested Dosage: For pregnant and breast-feeding women, take 2 tablets per day with a meal. To supplement dietary intake of iron and folic acid take 1 tablet a day.

Pregnancy: What You Need to Know About Prenatal Vitamins from WebMD.com

What Are Prenatal Vitamins?

For a mother's health, and the health of her baby, she is advised to take so-called "prenatal vitamins." These are specially formulated multivitamins that make up for any nutritional deficiencies in the mother's diet during pregnancy. While the supplements contain numerous vitamins and minerals, their folic acid, iron, and calcium content are especially important.

Why Do Pregnant Women Need High Levels of Folic Acid, Iron and Calcium?

Folic acid can reduce your risk of having a baby with a serious birth defect of the brain and spinal cord, called the "neural tube." A baby with spina bifida, the most common neural tube defect, is born with a spine that is not closed. The exposed nerves are damaged, leaving the child with varying degrees of paralysis, incontinence, and sometimes mental retardation.

Neural tube defects develop in the first 28 days after conception, before many women realize they are pregnant. Because about half of all pregnancies are unplanned, the U.S. Public Health Service recommends that all women of childbearing age get 400 micrograms of folic acid each day. In fact, the FDA now requires that all flour products, such as breads, buns and bagels, be fortified with extra folic acid. Women who have had a prior child with a neural tube defect should discuss with her doctor before her next pregnancy about the appropriate dose of folic acid. Studies have shown that taking a larger dose (up to 4,000 micrograms) at least one month before and during the first trimester may be beneficial.

There are natural sources of folic acid: green leafy vegetables, nuts, beans and citrus fruits. It's also found in many fortified breakfast cereals and some vitamin supplements.

Calcium during pregnancy can prevent a new mother from losing her own bone density as the fetus uses the mineral for bone growth.

Iron helps both the mother and baby's blood carry oxygen.

While a daily vitamin supplement is no substitute for a healthy diet, most women need supplements to make sure they get adequate levels of these minerals.