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Last years in the world literally boom of popularity of this vitamin is observed. Earlier nothing being allocated among the relatives, today it became a theme of discussions of the scientific many developed countries. With a lack folata (this one of names of folic acid) connect MAIN disease of a civilisation - an atherosclerosis, and some heavy congenital defects of children's age.

It is a little history

Folic acid (vitamin Vs, В9) belongs to group vitamins In which is well studied for today. It is necessary to tell about it. We will begin with history.

Scientists have reflected for the first time on communication between congenital developmental anomalies and a food in the fifties the XX-th centuries. They have come to such conclusions because frequency of the given defects always was above among children of low social and economic level, and also at the kids born in the winter and the early spring. Especially it concerned congenital defects of a nervous tube (the first deposit of the future nervous system of the kid). The basic danger of this pathology consists that origin of this body occurs at very early stages of pregnancy when the majority of women yet do not know that they are pregnant. The nervous tube of an embryo is formed for 16-28 day after conception. Infringements in a food, connected with a lack of a diet of future mother of the products enriched by vitamins (as now it is known, especially - folic acid), lead to occurrence in the future child of rough developmental anomalies of nervous system and a skeleton.

Merits of folic acid

Folic acid gets to a children's organism mainly with products of a vegetative and animal origin. But the vitamin part is formed under the influence of microorganisms in thick intestines.

It is known, that folic acid, as well as other vitamin of group In - В12, actively participates in process of regulation of functions of system krovetvorenija. Both these of vitamin still name protivoanemicheskimi factors.

Female and cow milk contain enough folatov. If your kid, having a rest at the grandmother, "took a great interest" under grandmother's "initiative" in the goat milk, which very poor folic acid it can have subsequently first signs folievodefitsitnoj anemias.

How it is shown? The kid becomes languid, often complains of a headache. Attracts attention yellowness skler. At the child appetite though the grandmother wished to reach absolutely opposite disappears. Appetite decrease occurs because acidity of gastric juice decreases. There can be a nausea, sensation of discomfort in a stomach. One of frequent displays folievodefitsitnoj anemias will be raised krovotochivost from the damaged places, quantity decrease trombotsitov will be the reason. Sometimes the kid becomes irritable, he is disturbed often by a pain of different localisation.

In occurrence of the first symptoms of an anaemia can result long frustration of a chair at kids, especially early age. The matter is that the basic quantity of vitamin the child receives by vsasyvanija it from a cavity of thin intestines, insignificant - as a result of formation in thick intestines at active participation of bacteria. Therefore inflammatory diseases of intestines which are accompanied by infringement usual vsasyvanija nutrients, will necessarily be displayed on receipt in an organism and vitamin В9. Such condition, for example, is disease tseliakija - children of chest age at the first uses of products of a cereal origin have a proof liquid chair which becomes the reason of occurrence of deficiency of vitamin.

Often folievodefitsitnaja the anaemia is "attribute" nedonoshennogo the child. The first symptoms of disease then appear at the age of 4-7 months: the kid becomes irritable, at it the weight of a body inadequately increases. Inadequately, because it occurs against the speeded up chair. Doctors-neonatologi know such feature of an organism nedonoshennogo the kid, therefore always preliminary appoint vitamins with MAINtenance of folic acid.

And still. Vitamin В9 often enough goes in "sheaf" with other "colleague" - vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Therefore the lack of one of vitamins can often lead to deficiency of another. And deficiency of ascorbic acid, in turn, attracts deterioration vsasyvanija from a foodstuff folatov.

Children with a syndrome of Down becomes less?

It is one of last sensations connected with folic acid. The committee on foodstuff and medicines of the USA (FDA) has made the statement for possible communication of occurrence of a syndrome of Down with a lack of folic acid of an organism of mother. This interrelation has been found out in researches which were spent by the National centre of toxicological researches of the USA.

The syndrome of Down, or trisomija (presence of an additional third chromosome) on 21st steam of chromosomes is heavy genetic disease. Children pay off with the weak-mindedness which has been slowed down by development for additional 21st chromosome and is frequent other combined congenital defects. Appearance sick of a syndrome of Down of children well-known, and on total in the world people with this disease could create the big semimillion city. In comparison with other congenital diseases, the syndrome of Down meets very often: this pathology find out in one child from seven hundred, born by the live. According to biochemist Dzhila James, mothers who have children with illness of Down, have some features of own enzymes which directly take part in transformation of folic acid into an organism.

It is not excluded, that the next years children with a syndrome of Down will be already born less often. The matter is that in the world the powerful company on propagation of folic acid has already begun. The daily recommended norms of this vitamin in the USA are already increased about 180 microgram a day to 400. And it is desirable for pregnant women to accept and all of 800 microgram. Campaign first of all is directed on the women, capable children by a birth. To them advise to "accumulate" the recommended dose folata daily during all genital period.

Except a syndrome of Down, with insufficiency of folic acid connect such heavy developmental anomalies as anentsefalija (absence or strong nedorazvitie a brain) and "a back bifida" - backbone splitting. At the first disease children are born dead or incapable by a life. Backbone bifurcation is considered today one of the most widespread congenital defects. On a cause of infringement of development of a nervous tube in a spine column of the child there is a crack through which of its channel the spinal cord site is squeezed out. As a result the child suffers not only from local neurologic problems in a kind parezov and paralyses below a squeezing place, but also from a hydrocephaly - infringements of outflow of a spinal liquid from a brain.

Presently children with "Spina bifida" give in to surgical correction with plastikoj a backbone. But this problem to prevent easier, than then to correct - enough only to add in a diet of future mother a small amount of folic acid. According to English Committee on dietology and Association on treatment and hydrocephaly preventive maintenance, this substance added in flour products in number of 240 mg on 100 gramme, reduces probability of development in the child of defects of a backbone on 41 %. As a result only in England throughout a year it will be possible to avoid at least 800 operations.

These developmental anomalies meet much less often, than a syndrome of Down: in the USA annually is born about 2,5 thousand children with a crack of a backbone or absence of a brain. But gravity of these complications has compelled Americans to develop the big government program. And its educational part which propagandises advantage of folic acid, is the basic. In the USA without fail enrich folic acid variety of a foodstuff. First of all, it is different kinds of the flour, some groats and products of which do bakery, confectionery and pasta. One portion of such products should provide approximately 10 % of day requirement for folic acid.

Cholesterol pales into insignificance

As it was possible to establish more recently, folat it is necessary not only to children and future mums, but also men. Folic acid has appeared the civilisation very closely connected with the basic disease - an atherosclerosis, that is with heart attacks, strokes, a stenocardia, warm insufficiency, aritmijami and others serdechnososudistymi diseases.

Primary factor of risk of an atherosclerosis and all diseases, with it connected, was considered (and for the present cholesterol continues to be considered). But last years its positions have strongly swayed. Today in respectable medical magazines the weight of articles about folic theories of an origin of an atherosclerosis is printed.

By means of folic acid and vitamin В12 the predecessor of substance which will promote subsequently to formation of an atherosclerotic plaque, turns in harmless and even useful methionine.

And in end. With insufficient reception folata connect development of a cancer thick and a rectum and a cancer of a breast at women. Proceedings which confirm these interrelations, becomes more and more.

Folaty on … a breakfast

In the nature vitamin В9 exists in a kind folata and is in green sheet vegetables, such as spinach, an onions, cabbage. About relationship of folic acid with sheet greens speaks even its name which occurs from a word "folium", - sheet. This element and in beans, an asparagus, citrus, bananas, tomatoes, integral grain, nuts, a peanut, groats (buckwheat, ovsjanoj, millet) contains. From animal products with it the liver, kidneys, meat, eggs is rich. Yeast and food additions on a barmy basis also bear a vitamin significant amount.

In the majority of the countries of the world have gathered forces regular actions for enrichment by folic acid of a foodstuff. Manufacturers are obliged to add 0,43-1,4 mg of vitamin for pound (454) productions. To it the flour, bread, rice, pasta, groats and rolls belong. The portion of such product (with corresponding designations on a label) should provide 10 % of day norm of folic acid. Such obligatory vitaminization of products is more effective than any appeals to take vitamins in the form of tablets. It concerns practically all groups of the population, flour and grain products eat everything, even the poorest.

Products from integral grain as they are rich natural folatami are not subject to enrichment. Such norms are established that the daily use of folic acid did not exceed 1 mg (except for cases when it is specially appointed by the doctor). Too high doses of folic acid can cause by-effects. At children who suffer an epilepsy and accept protivosudorozhnye preparations, attacks can become frequent. Folic acid masks symptoms В12дефицитной of an anaemia at patients who lack some vitamin В12 whereas neurologic infringements progress.

Despite of that experimental and clinical researches have shown, that vitamin В9 is vital for normal development of the child before to accept preparations of folic acid, it is necessary to consult with the doctor.

Women who plan pregnancy, can receive the recommended quantity of vitamin В9 following ways:

• To increase the use of fruit, dark green sheet vegetables, dry beans and other products - natural sources folata;
• To use products (flakes for a breakfast), enriched by folic acid;
• To accept mono or polyvitamins which structure includes folic acid.