Sentences with phrase «foods prevent birth defects»

Additionally, folate - rich foods prevent birth defects and build red blood cells, and vitamin A gives you healthy skin and eyes.

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Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration required that all enriched grain products contain the vitamin starting in 1998, birth defects have been prevented in about 1,300 babies each year.

Some types of foods have folic acid added to them to help prevent spina bifida and related birth defects.

If taken before and during early pregnancy from a multi-vitamin or fortified foods, folic acid can prevent from 50 % up to 70 % of some forms of serious birth defects of the brain and spine.