Healthy Food Choices for Folic Acid

Folic acid is important for the process of generating new cells. Learn what products contain folic acid as well as how to implement it into your diet in this video.

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Folic acid is a synthetic or supplement form of folate
Folic acid is important in generating new cells
400 micrograms daily

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Alice Merritt is currently the Campus Dietitian at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She has a masters degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in public health with a concentration on nutrition. Alice has worked as a registered dietician for four years, and believes that helping people reach their nutritional goals will lead to a long and healthy life.

ALICE MERRITT: Now I'm going to talk to you about folic acid. Folic acid is the synthetic or supplement form of Folate. Healthy foods that are high in folate are things like broccoli, spinach, asparagus, oranges, bananas, and a lot of breads, pastas and cereals are fortified with 100% of your daily need for folic acid. Folic acid is very important in generating new cells and maintaining healthy cells. This makes it very important during stages of big growth, such as infancy and pregnancy. It's recommended that you get a minimum of 400 micrograms of folic acid daily. So, the important things to remember about folic acid is, 1, eat foods that are high in folate, such as broccoli, asparagus, spinach, oranges, bananas. And if you're a woman of childbearing age, make sure you take a multivitamin with a minimum of 400 micrograms of folic acid. Folic acid is also important in preventing anemia and making good red blood cells. Folic acid is very important and a very great vitamin for both men and women to get daily. These are all great tips on why folic acid is healthy.

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