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Pregnancy: fill up on folate with food!

Vitamin B9 is provided by folate, whose name comes from "leaf" (folate is very present in leafy vegetables).

Folate deficiency can have various consequences, such as abnormal neural tube closure (spina bifida) in children whose mothers had low folic status during pregnancy. The first step to take is preventive and food plays a very important role. The folate content is thus:


- very high in the liver; Best online diet program


- high in spinach, watercress, chicory, dandelion, lamb's lettuce, melon; as well as in mature cheeses (brie, blue cheese, goat cheese), nuts, chestnuts and other seeds ...


- medium in other vegetables such as lettuce, endive, cabbage, leek, artichoke, or beans greens, peas, radishes, asparagus ...

- a little less important in carrots, tomatoes, onions, corn, peppers, citrus fruits, bananas, kiwis, red fruits;
- lower in cucumber, celery, eggplant, mushrooms, potatoes, apples, pears, peaches.

But since we do not eat chicory or liver daily, it is the frequency of consumption of foods and their variety that determines the intake of folate. Thus, even when their content is lower, the foods that we consume often or every day fully participate in the maintenance of the folate status ... Well-known conclusion: you have to eat everything! 


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