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

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dc.contributor.author	Shertukde, Shruti P	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-06-14T07:21:21Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-06-14T07:21:21Z	-
dc.date.issued	2020	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4947	-
dc.description.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	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	American Society for Nutrition	en_US
dc.subject	methyltetrahydrofolate	en_US
dc.subject	prenatalsupplements	en_US
dc.title	Perspective: Timeto Resolve Confusionon Folate Amounts,Units,andFormsinPrenatal Supplements	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
Appears in Collections:	VOL 11 NO 4 (2020)

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