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The nationwide fortification of grains with folic acid was estimated to prevent 1,000 cases of neural tube defects in the years after it was implemented, but a CDC study showed that there were still about 3,000 babies born with neural tube defects each year, even with the mandated fortification.[ref] ufficient choline, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, riboflavin, thiamine, zinc, and methionine (protein) also plays a role in reducing the risk of neural tube defects
According to Bethany Tennant, N.D., C.N.S., certain ultra-processed meals and snacks (think: fried and sugary foods), as well as alcohol can strain the liver while its trying to process a glutathione supplement
You can get folate in asparagus, beets, black-eyed peas, broccoli, liver, pinto beans, spinach and lentils