B9 hypovitaminosis

Description:

B9 vitamin (folic acid) contains in animal and vegetable products in very small amount. And this vitamin gets biologically active form only in the course of digestion. From vegetable products salad, beet, parsley, spinach, potatoes, tomatoes, beans, haricot, wheat, rye, baking and beer yeast can be a satisfactory source of folic acid. At the expense of these products the most part of daily need of an organism for the folic acid defined approximately in 2-3 mg becomes covered. The missing amount of vitamin is synthesized in intestines of the person by an indestinal flora. Considerably the need for this vitamin B the period of pregnancy, childbirth and development of small children increases. Folic acid together with B12 vitamin in the course of a hemopoiesis has paramount value. Besides, she participates in proteinaceous and fatty exchanges.

B9 Hypovitaminosis symptoms:

"Red language", anemia, apathy, fatigue, sleeplessness, concern, digestion disturbances, canities, growth delay, the complicated breath, problems with memory, inborn defects of posterity.

B9 Hypovitaminosis reasons:

Deficit of folic acid arises at a shortcoming it in food. It is necessary to remember that at thermal treatment about 90% of the folic acid which is contained in crude food collapse. So, when cooking vegetables and meat of loss of folic acid reach 70-90% at a meat browning - 95% when cooking eggs - 50%.

Reserves of folic acid in an organism are exhausted at regular alcohol intake.

Additional reception of bifidobacteria promotes increase in synthesis of folic acid in a large intestine.

Treatment of the Hypovitaminosis of B9:

With the medical purpose folic acid is appointed the adult on 5 mg a day, to children - in smaller doses depending on age. The course treatment makes 20-30 days.