Diet and Nutrition

Lack of folic acid in late pregnancy hurts memory, thinking

Published in Biotech Business Week, January 26th, 2004

Folic acid is not just critical for brain development in embryos during the earliest stages of pregnancy, but it is a key to healthy brain growth and function late in pregnancy, too, scientists at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill have discovered.

Humans and other mammals lacking sufficient folic acid shortly before they are born can suffer lifelong brain impairment, the UNC animal studies indicate. Such research can never be done directly in growing human fetuses for obvious reasons, scientists say.

"In the past few years, folic acid has been the single greatest success story in nutrition and in preventing birth defects," said...

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Source: Biotech Business Week (2004-01-26)

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