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By *all-Eddies Qos OP   Couple
over a year ago

wirral

Drs say I have low folate levels even on supplement......only advice was not to get pregnant (plumbing fucked no chance)....why do you not get any decent advice from drs anymore? Expected to look everything up on internet and finding contradictory and often worrying explanations.....

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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago

Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum

Eat more broccoli and spinach.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

what is folate ... anything to do with folic acid

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By *all-Eddies Qos OP   Couple
over a year ago

wirral


"Eat more broccoli and spinach. "

I'm already getting 3 times my rda from supplements......the amount is get from food wouldn't make any odds xxxxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Try Wikipedia (note there are links that are in the passage I found, apologies if its not allowed)

Certain foods are very high in folate:

Leafy vegetables such as spinach, asparagus, turnip greens, lettuce and some Asian vegetables

Legumes such as dried or fresh beans, peas and lentils

Egg yolk

Baker's yeast

Fortified grain products (pasta, cereal, bread); some breakfast cereals (ready-to-eat and others) are fortified with folate

Sunflower seeds

Liver and liver products contain high amounts of folate

Kidneys

Moderate amounts:

Certain fruits (orange juice, canned pineapple juice, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, grapefruit juice, banana, raspberry, grapefruit and strawberry) and vegetables (beets, corn, tomato juice, vegetable juice, broccoli, brussels sprouts, romaine lettuce and bok choy), and beer

A table of selected food sources of folate and folic acid can be found at the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference.

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. 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.[78]

Folate naturally found in food is susceptible to high heat and ultraviolet light, and is soluble in water. It is heat-labile in acidic environments and may also be subject to oxidation.

Some meal replacement products do not meet the folate requirements as specified by the RDAs.

?Folate (B9) can also be proceesed from the pro-vitamin Pteroylmonoglutamic acid? (Vitamin B10).

Hope this helps

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You gotta start eating the spinach!

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