It's never too soon to be thinking about preventing serious health problems. Let's find out why this vitamin is so important. Folic acid is one of the B vitamins used by your body.
Folic acid is used to make red blood cells and important proteins like DNA .
Getting enough folic acid is especially important during your growth spurt and during pregnancy. Even if you are not pregnant now, and do not plan to be pregnant soon, it's never too early to start thinking about getting enough folic acid as a prevention against birth defects. Prevention means protecting yourself from something before you even have it. Taking folic acid lessens your chance of having a baby with a neural tube defect. We now know that getting enough folic acid during the childbearing years is one of the best ways to lower your chances of having a baby with a neural tube defect.