Q&A: Folate and Folic Acid

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“I just went to my first appointment and my midwife was concerned that My Kind Organics prenatal vitamin, which is all plant based, might not be providing me the best support. It sounded like there was a difference between folate, which is in my prenatal, and folic acid and she wanted to make sure that I had the recommended dosage of folic acid–which I know is important through listening into your podcast. I just thought I had picked this awesome prenatal and was bummed to find out that she wanted to prescribe me specific prenatal. Is there a difference between folate and folic acid, is one better than other? Thanks for all your insight and support! I have really enjoyed listening to your show!” – Erin

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Additional Resources

• Folate & supplementing with folic acid
• Chris Kresser’s article on folate and folic acid
• Dr. Ben Lynch’s recommendation
• Zahler makes a high quality prenatal vitamin that has the active form of folate plus omega 3s and DHA. This is the prenatal vitamin I take and the one I recommend. Zahler was very generous and gave me a promo code I can share with you so you can save 25% off when you buy a month supply on Amazon. To order them today click this link Zahler Prenatal + DHA and enter the promo code PREPOD25 when you checkout to save 25% on a one month supply.

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