The Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents point out that women of childbearing age should start to supplement folic acid 400 micrograms per day from the first 3 months of pregnancy and continue throughout pregnancy, because the level of folic acid in women's bodies cannot be increased in the short term after medication. Because folic acid has irritation to the stomach, it will cause stomach discomfort, which will inevitably affect appetite, so it is recommended that folic acid tablets be best taken half an hour after meals.
Folic acid is a very important substance for the normal and healthy development of the fetus, and folic acid supplementation in pregnant women can prevent fetal neural tube malformations. Folic acid deficiency in women who are trying to conceive can easily affect the growth and development of the baby during pregnancy and even trigger preterm birth. Therefore, when to eat folic acid tablets is exquisite, before pregnancy should pay attention to daily folic acid supplementation, eat at least three months in advance, can be taken until the end of lactation, can also be supplemented until three months of pregnancy after the cessation of supplementation.
Folic acid can be replenished from food, like green leafy vegetables contain a relatively high amount of folic acid. Therefore, if a pregnant woman does not want folic acid supplementation throughout pregnancy, it can be stopped after the end of the first trimester. However, the specific supplement time and stop taking time should also consult a professional doctor, according to the different situations of individual pregnant women to determine, some pregnant women have insufficient folic acid content, and the time to supplement may be longer.
A few precautions for taking folic acid tablets:
1. When taking folic acid tablets, other vitamins can be taken. If women are taking simple folic acid tablets, if necessary, they can also take other vitamins, such as vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin B12, etc. However, if women eat multidimensional tablets containing folic acid, it is recommended that multidimensional tablets and folic acid tablets be taken alternately, such as taking folic acid one day and multidimensional tablets a day.
2. Taking two or more multidimensional tablets may cause poisoning. If a woman takes two or more multidimensional tablets at the same time, plus a source of vitamins in her daily diet, it can lead to an overdose of folic acid or vitamin supplementation, causing poisoning. If women take a pregnant woman's formula fortified with multiple vitamins while supplementing multi-dimensional tablets for a long time, it is necessary to learn to calculate the total amount of vitamins contained in the two to avoid poisoning caused by overdose.
Therefore, female friends must not blindly think that the more folic acid supplementation is better, to combine the actual situation and see the folic acid tablet product description. If you do not know how to calculate the optimal amount of folic acid intake for a day, it is best to consult a doctor and take it under the guidance of a dietitian, so as not to overdose, but it will affect your own and your baby's health.