folacin

Women taking birth-control pills would benefit from eating dark-green leafy vegetables (such as spinach) for needed folacin.

Nutrients often in short supply include calcium, iron, zinc, and vitamins A, B6, C and folacin.

Deficient levels occur even in people who consume recommended amounts of folacin, suggesting that the elderly may need more of this nutrient than younger adults.

These vegetarian meals, containing things like bean casseroles and fruit bars, are high in calcium and folacin, which are particularly vital for undernourished people.

At the same time amounts of thiamin, riboflavin, folacin, Vitamin B, pantothenic acid, vitamin A, lysine and tryptophan were lower than those in cow's milk.

Read How Folate Works to learn about folacin, folic acid, and folate and how a folate deficiency can cause megaloblastic anemia.

Still, squash is a very good source of manganese and vitamin C, and it contains respectable amounts of folacin, vitamin A, dietary fiber, potassium and copper.

Oranges contain about 30 micrograms of folacin; bananas, 5 milligrams of niacin and 19 micrograms of folacin.

Often called folacin or folate (its biologically active form), folic acid is already well established as critically important in preventing spina bifida and anencephaly, both devastating birth defects of the neural tube.

Replies: Key words: Ascorbic Acid, water soluble, collagen formation (hydroxylation of amino acids proline and lysine), removal of ammonia, cholesterol metabolism, enhanced absorption or protection of folacin.

The same is largely true for pregnant women; only folacin and iron may be needed in supplement form and only those with severe morning sickness may need a prenatal multivitamin and mineral supplement.

Low blood levels of the B vitamin folacin, for example, have recently been linked to a significant rise in the risk of heart attack, stroke and possibly certain common cancers, including cancers of the colon, lung and cervix.

A large proportion of elderly Americans are deficient in vitamin B6; they are consuming considerably less than the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), and to make matters worse, recent studies suggest that the RDA for B6 for older people is too low, as it is for folacin.