Folate

An increased intake of folic acid or folate can have a significant impact on the health of women and their babies.

Follow the links below to find information covering the requirements and sources of this essential nutrient.

Reviewed October 2011

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Title:   Pregnancy and diet
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Pregnant women need more protein, iron, folate and iodine but only a small increase in energy (kilojoules). Folic acid supplements before and after conception can reduce the risk of neural tube defects such as spina bifida. Small regular snacks may help nausea or morning sickness. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy may affect your unborn baby.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Folic acid (Folate)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Folate is a B group vitamin that can lower your chance of having a baby born with spina bifida or other neural tube defects. Folic acid is changed into folate in the body.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Birth defects - central nervous system
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Neural tube defects (NTDs) include spina bifida, anencephaly and encephalocele. Folate deficiency and some epilepsy medications are risk factors for these conditions. Taking folic acid before and during early pregnancy can significantly reduce the risk of neural tube defects. Tests in pregnancy such as ultrasound can diagnose these birth defects.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Mandatory folic acid and iodine fortification in Australia and New Zealand: baseline report for monitoring
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents key baseline data for monitoring mandatory folic acid and iodine fortification in Australia and New Zealand. Data are presented for each component of the fortification monitoring frameworks as follows: food composition; folic acid and iodine intake; folic acid and iodine status of the populations; and health outcomes.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Folic acid for fragile X syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with fragile X syndrome (or FXS) have intellectual limitations that can range from mild to severe. Fragile X syndrome is considered the most common form of inherited intellectual disability and it has been estimated that it affects approximately ...
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Spina bifida explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Spina bifida is one of a class of birth defects, called neural tube defects. These defects involve damage to the spine and spinal cord. Some vertebrae of the spine don't close properly during pregnancy and the spinal cord's nerves are exposed and damaged. The vitamin folate (folic acid) can prevent up to 70 per cent of spina bifida cases, if taken daily one month before conception and daily during the first three months of pregnancy.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Folate for women
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Folate (or folic acid) is a B-group vitamin that is essential for healthy foetal development. Folate can prevent neural tube defects, including spina bifida, if taken before conception and early in pregnancy. All women of child-bearing age should take extra folate as around half of all pregnancies are unplanned.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Effects and safety of periconceptional folate supplementation for preventing birth defects
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Folic acid is a synthetic form of folate used in supplements and fortified foods (like wheat and maize flour) to reduce the occurrence of neural tube defects (NTDs). These include spina bifida (or cleft spine), where there is an opening in one or more o...
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Folate facts
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information sheet on supplemention of folate (folic acid) for women to prevent neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, in babies.
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Folate
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Folate is the common name for folic acid and related compounds which together make up one of the B group of vitamins necessary for healthy growth and development.
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Folic acid and pregnancy
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Taking folic acid before pregnancy can reduce your chances of having a baby with spina bifida.
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Folic acid and pregnancy
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Taking folic acid before pregnancy and for the first three months of pregnancy can reduce your chances of having a baby with spina bifida.
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Folic acid and your pregnancy - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Folate is used within the body for cell regeneration and growth and is needed in increased levels by pregnant women.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Pregnancy planning - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Getting into shape before getting pregnant helps to give your child the best possible start.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Eating well in pregnancy - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Eating a nutritious and varied diet in pregnancy is the best way of caring for yourself and your baby.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Folic acid with or without vitamin B12 for the prevention and treatment of healthy elderly and demented people
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In the economically developed world, folate deficiency is one of the commonest vitamin deficiencies. Several reports suggest a higher prevalence of various psychiatric disorders in elderly people with folate deficiency. There is interest in whether diet...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Antiepileptic drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   There are effective medicines to stop people with epilepsy having fits. Some of these drugs, however, can cause harm to an unborn baby if a woman takes them during pregnancy.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Antiepileptic drugs in pregnancy and lactation
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Uncontrolled epilepsy in a pregnant woman is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition for both mother and child. Most pregnant women with epilepsy will need to take at least one antiepileptic drug.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Neural tube defects: genetics and prevention - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   The chance that a pregnancy will be affected by a neural tube defect is about 1 in 500. Increasing the level of folate in a mother's diet will reduce this risk.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Folate for depressive disorders
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This systematic review was undertaken to see if giving folate to people with depressive disorders reduced their depressive symptoms. Three randomized trials were identified, involving a total of 247 people. In all three trials, folate was well tolerated...
Date:   May 2005

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