Saturday, October 24, 2009

Folic Acid

Those who should consider taking this supplement
  • Having an inadequate caloric or nutritional dietary intake or insufficient nutritional requirements.
  • Older people (over 55 years).
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding women.
  • Women who use oral contraceptives.
  • Those who abuse alcohol or other drugs.
  • People with a chronic wasting illness, excess stress for long periods or those who have recently undergone surgery.
  • Young infants not receiving breast milk or fortified commercial formula.

Recommended for:

  • Promotes normal red-blood-cell formation.
  • Maintains nervous system, intestinal tract, sex organs, white blood cells, normal patterns of growth.
  • Regulates embryonic and fetal development of nerve cells.
  • Promotes normal growth and development.
  • Treats anemias due to folic-acid deficiency occurring from alcoholism, liver disease, hemolytic anemia, sprue, pregnancy, breast-feeding, oral-contraceptive use.
  • Acts as a natural analgesic or pain killer.

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