Use the Following Table Showing the Contents of a Multivitamin

question 22

Multiple Choice

Use the following table showing the contents of a multivitamin supplement and its percentage of recommended daily values (% DV) to answer the following questions.
Figure 33.1
-Folic acid supplements are especially important for pregnant women because

• A) folic acid supplies vitamins that only pregnant women can use.
• B) the folic acid is stored in adipose tissue by pregnant women, so supplements are needed to make more available in the circulation.
• C) the fetus makes high levels of folic acid.
• D) folic acid deprivation is associated with neural tube abnormalities in a fetus.
• E) folic acid deprivation is a cause of heart abnormalities in a newborn.

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