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Leafy vegetables such as spinach, asparagus, turnip greens, romaine lettuces, dried or fresh beans and peas, fortified grain products (pasta, cereal, bread), sunflower seeds and certain other fruits (Orange Juice, canned Pineapple Juice, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, grapefruit juice, banana, raspberry, grapefruit, strawberry) and vegetables (beets, broccoli, corn, Tomato Juice, vegetable juice, brussels sprouts, bok choy) are rich sources of folate.[8] Liver and liver products also contain high amounts of folate, as does baker's yeast. Some breakfast cereals (ready-to-eat and others) are fortified with 25% to 100% of the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for folic acid. A table of selected food sources of folate and folic acid can be found at the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference.[9] Folic acid is added to grain products in many countries, and in these countries fortified products make up a significant source of the population's folic acid intake[10]. Because of the difference in bioavailability between supplemented folic acid and the different forms of folate found in food, the dietary folate equivalent (DFE) system was established. 1 DFE is defined as 1 μg of dietary folate, or 0.6 μg of folic acid supplement. This is reduced to 0.5 μg of folic acid if the supplement is taken on an empty stomach.[11]
Folic acid naturally found in food is susceptible to high heat, UV, and is soluble in water.[12] It is heat labile in acidic environments and may also be subject to oxidation.[12]
Some meal replacement products do not meet the folate requirements as specified by the RDAs.[13]
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∙ 9y agoFolate, or folic acid, is a type of B vitamin. It is present in dark leafy vegetables, such as broccoli, asparagus, Okra and Brussels sprouts.
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Which vitamin is associated with cell division?
B12 and folate
What does folate do for your body?
Helps the body produce and maintain cells; found in green vegetables, citrus fruits, dried beans and peas
How do you increse himoglobin?
Nutrition and proper diet is very important to increase your Hemoglobin level. Eat foods that are rich in vitamin B12 like poultry, fish, eggs and soymilk; vitamin B6 like whole grains, fortified cereals, liver, tuna, avocado, peas, nuts and bananas; foods rich in Folic acid or folate like spinach, beans, asparagus, organ meats, orange, pineapples, grapefruit, strawberry, tomatoes, corn, broccoli and beets; foods that are rich in vitamin C like concentrated citrus juices, kiwi fruit, mango, cabbage, lychees and papayas; and foods that are rich in Iron like oysters, enriched cereals, green leafy veggies, tomato paste and dried apricots. So these are all very essential for the rapid rise in Hemoglobin.
What vitamin is involved mainly with replacement of red blood cells and digestive tract cell?
Vit b 12 Low levels cause anemia So does iron
Which foods should you limit to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease?
fried or processed foods and foods made from animal products
Is folate best absorbed from foods or from supplements?
Folic acid is the supplemental form of folate, the body is able to absorb 90% of it. Whereas the food-form, folate, can only be absorbed by 50% due to its structure.
Is folic acid in peanuts?
Peanuts do contain some folic acid, but not an appreciable amount (and not even in the top 20 folate rich foods). Most folate rich foods consist of various beans, dark leafy greens, broccoli, and soy products.
Recipes to improve folate and B-12 intake?
I don't have recipes for getting more B12 and folate, but foods like, liver, dried beans, whole grain bread, and spinach are high in them.
Which vitamin is associated with cell division?
B12 and folate
Who is the inventor of folate vitamins?
who is the inventor of folate vitamins
What is folate?
A salt or ester of folic acid. Folate, also called folic acid, folacin, or vitamin B9, is a water-soluble B-complex vitamin that is essential for human growth and development. It is made up of three components: para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), glutamic acid, and pteridine. The latter two components explain the technical chemical name for folate: pteroylmonoglutamate. Because folate is one of the most chemically complex vitamins, it is also complicated in its interaction with your body. Most foods do not contain folate in the exact form described above, so enzymes inside your intestines must chemically alter food forms of folate in order for you to absorb it. Even when your body is operating at full efficiency, you can absorb only about 50% of the folate from your food.
Is folate a b vitamin?
Yes folate is one of the B vitamins
What is wrong with high doses of folate?
Folate has shown to play a dual role in cancer development, and high folate intake promotes advanced carcinogenesis.
What foods will prevent neural tube defects?
The vitamin known to help prevent neural tube defects is folic acid, also called Vitamin B9 or folate. Foods rich in folate include the following:Black-eyed peasLentilsOkraKidney beansGreat Northern beansBroccoliIceberg lettuceBeetsLima beansSunflower seedsSpinachBrussels sproutsCornAsparagusBaked beansGreen peasBaked potatoCabbageAvocadosPeanutsRomaine lettuceTomato JuiceOrange juiceStrawberriesOrangesEggsBananasPlease see the Related link below for more information.
This b vitamin nutrient helps the body make new cells?
folate
What percentage of neural tube defects is related to the mother's intake of folate before and during pregnancy?
Before the mid-1990s, about three quarters of neural tube defects could be traced to low folate levels in the mother. Since foods (mostly cereals) and prenatal vitamins now contain folate, there has been a 75% decrease in the rate of neural tube defects in the U.S. So, nowadays, the percentage of neural tube defects related to the mother's lack of folate intake is quite small, although the exact percentage has not been studied.
Is folate an element?
No, it is not.
