Folic Acid Supplements Have Become Especially Important for Pregnant Women

question 64

Multiple Choice

Folic acid supplements have become especially important for pregnant women because ________.

• A) folic acid supplies vitamins that only pregnant women can use
• B) the foetus makes high levels of folic acid
• C) folic acid deprivation is associated with neural tube defects in a foetus
• D) folic acid deprivation is a cause of heart abnormalities in a newborn

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