Recently, a latest medical study from Ireland has drawn people’s attention to folic acid. The study shows that most Irish people already get enough folic acid through their daily diet and that too much folic acid can increase the risk of cancer, so the researchers recommend that the government stop universally compulsory folic acid in food. As soon as the results of this study came out, it attracted the attention of many couples preparing for pregnancy. Should they still take folic acid supplements?
In this regard, domestic experts said that the way food is cooked in my country does not cause the risk of excessive intake of folic acid, so there is no need to worry too much. Especially mothers preparing for pregnancy must take folic acid supplements. agent.
A lot of folic acid is lost during the cooking process of vegetables
Most of the methods in our country are stir-frying or boiling, so the folic acid loss in food is very serious. A survey shows that after accounting for multiple factors such as cooking losses, the overall dietary folic acid intake of Chinese women of childbearing age is less than 200 micrograms per day, which is far from reaching the qualified standard. Therefore, daily diet alone is not the best choice for pregnant women to supplement folic acid. It is recommended that mothers preparing for pregnancy must take folic acid supplements.
my country’s Nutritional Dietary Guidelines recommend that expectant mothers take a daily folic acid supplement of 400 micrograms, while the foreign standard is 800 micrograms. As long as the total intake does not exceed 1,000 micrograms, it is safe.
Combined products are better absorbed
The current mainstream folic acid supplements include simple folic acid tablets and multivitamins for pregnant women containing folic acid. The folic acid content is not the same. Multivitamins for pregnant women can comprehensively fortify a variety of nutrients that are needed during pregnancy or are easily insufficient in intake. Therefore, if financial ability permits, it is best to give priority to multivitamins. But what needs to be known is that the effect of a single folic acid product has been tested in large-scale clinical trials, and it is a safe and effective folic acid supplement suitable for most people.
Northern women do not need to supplement more
Previously, there was a view that there are fewer green leafy vegetables in Beijing in winter, so pregnant women need to supplement more folic acid. In this regard, experts said that the supply of winter vegetables in the north is also very abundant, so folic acid supplementation can be based on basically unified standards and there is no need to oversupply.
The folic acid content in milk powder for pregnant women is not enough
In addition, many people take milk powder for pregnant women that contains folic acid, so they think there is no need to supplement folic acid. In fact, the content of folic acid in milk powder for pregnant women is low. , and cannot be fully absorbed through milk powder, so it is recommended to take specialFolic acid products, but be careful, choose single folic acid or a pregnancy nutrient complex rather than taking both at the same time.
