Folic Acid and Heart Disease

Until very recently medical science was sadly unable to ferret out the cause and effect relationship between the absence of folic acid in the diets of pregnant women and the incidence of neural tube defect in their offspring. The exact timeframe in which this defect can potentially occur is between the 21st and 27th day of gestation. The simple omission of this single nutrient was responsible for severe and lifelong suffering of countless children who were born with spina bifida or anencephaly. Anencephaly is a defect in which the cerebrum is missing causing profound loss of functionality. Spina bifida is a disorder which involves the failure of the spine to close during gestation. It was estimated that one in every 1000 births were at one time affected with spina bi View the rest of this article