Perspective: Timeto Resolve Confusionon Folate  Amounts,Units,andFormsinPrenatal Supplements

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Title:	Perspective: Timeto Resolve Confusionon Folate Amounts,Units,andFormsinPrenatal Supplements
Authors:	Shertukde, Shruti P
Keywords:	methyltetrahydrofolate prenatalsupplements
Issue Date:	2020
Publisher:	American Society for Nutrition
Abstract:	Folate-containingprenatalsupplementsarecommonlyconsumedintheUnitedStates,butinconsistenciesinunitsofmeasureandchemicalforms pose challenges for providing authoritative advice on recommended amounts. New regulations require folate to be declared as micrograms of dietary folate equivalents (DFE) on product labels, whereas intake recommendations for reducing the risk of neural tube defects (NTDs) and the TolerableUpperIntakeLevelareexpressedasmicrogramsoffolicacid.Today, >25%ofprenatalsupplementscontainfolateassyntheticsaltsofL5-methyltetrahydrofolate(L-5-MTHF),butrecommendationsdonotincludethisformofthevitamin.Harmonizingunitsofmeasureandaddressing newerformsoffolatesaltsinintakerecommendationsandinthepreventionofNTDswouldresolvetheconfusion
URI:	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4947
Appears in Collections:	VOL 11 NO 4 (2020)

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