Folic acid is commonly recommended during pregnancy. This is because of the vast amount of scientific studies indicating that folic acid supplementation greatly reduces the neural tube defects in babies. Neural tube defects are birth defects of the brain, spine or spinal cord. Staggeringly it has been estimated that there are between 700 and 900 pregnancies affected by… Read more »
It is estimated that 40% of childbearing age women in the UK do not consume the recommended daily intake of vitamins and minerals (according to RCOG, iron, folate and vitamin D deficiency is relatively common) and almost half of pregnancies in the UK are unplanned. This suggests that women who may become pregnant may not… Read more »
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