History and Usage:

Folic Acid is a B vitamin and a crucial nutrient for the health of the heart and normal fetus development. Folic acid is a methyl donor needed to reduce homocysteine back to methionine and for accurate synthesis of DNA and normal cell division throughout life including during pregnancy. Healthful diets with adequate folic acid may reduce a woman's risk of having a child with certain brain or spinal cord defects.

Researcher Lucy Wills demonstrated that anemia could be reversed with the addition of brewer's yeast to the diet. In the late 1930s, folate (folic acid) was found to be the substance in brewer's yeast that reversed anemia. In 1941, it was extracted from spinach leaves. Yellapragada Subbarao first synthesized folic acid in 1946

Folic acid is required by the body for new cell production and maintenance. Infancy and pregnancy, times of rapid cell production, prove to be crucial times for the availability of folic acid. People of any age need folic acid in order to generate normal red blood cells and help prevent anemia.

Label Information and Ingredients: Suggested Use: Take 1 capsule daily with food, or as directed by your qualified health care consultant.

Supplemental Facts Serving Size: 1 Capsule(s) Ingredients Per Serving % DV Folic Acid 800 mcg   200% Folic Acid 800 mcg   200% Other Ingredients: Cellulose and magnesium stearate (vegetable source). Capsule consists of gelatin.

Contains No Added: wheat, gluten, soy, dairy, egg, fish/shellfish, nuts/tree nuts.

Caution: Do not take if using anti catabolic drugs. Also, the elderly should frequently check B12 status to ensure folic acid does not mask pernicious anemia. Keep out of the reach of children.

QUALITY AND POTENCY GUARANTEED Websites for Further Research:

http://www.nutrition.gov/

http://www.nih.gov/