Earlier this summer, the Health Council of the Netherlands, Gezondheidsraad, published a new report on diet, dietary supplements of vitamins and minerals for pregnant women, reviewing also the recommendation for folate intakes.
The issue of folate supplementation is a hot topic within the national health agencies. Following the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, the Health Council of Netherlands has released a new report on dietary advise and supplementation for pregnant women, among which the importance of natural folate.
The importance of Folate in Pregnancy
This report highlights the importance of folate for the healthy development of pregnancy and actively recommends folate during the entire pregnancy at 400 micrograms daily.
And on top of the folate recommendation, additional folic acid is recommended only during the first few weeks of pregnancy (-4 til +8 weeks).
Folate deficiency can cause numerous troubles during pregnancy, such as miscarriage, neural tube defects and many other congenital anomalies for the fetus.
Quatrefolic® the right choice for Women’s health
The Health Council of the Netherlands has stressed the importance of a natural intake of folate in our daily diets.
Fruits and vegetables containing folate are therefore highly appreciated. However, they do not always guarantee the necessary intake that our body needs, mainly due to our metabolism.
With its innovative active ingredient Gnosis by Lesaffre can offer an innovative solution to folate deficiency. Thanks to its bioavailability, Quatrefolic® guarantees all the benefits of folate intake without any specific metabolism.
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