Vitamin B9 (folic acid) reduces the risk of premature birth

Scientists have found that women who use folic acid to reduce for a year before pregnancy, the risk of premature birth, according to Reuters. Folic acid (vitamin B9) to prevent serious birth defects associated with brain and spinal cord of the child. The study found that vitamin B9 another positive effect, whereby. The risk of affecting the premature birth, due to which the child must develop less time in the womb, and it faces serious challenges in terms of health The study of 35 thousand pregnant women in the years 1999 to 2002 involved. Scientists have found that women who reduce folic acid for a year before pregnancy, by 70% the risk of preterm birth in the period from 20 to 28 weeks of gestation. During this time, there is great danger in the form of complications of cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and chronic lung disease in children. Even women who folic acid for a year before becoming pregnant, there was a reduction in the risk of preterm birth during pregnancy from 28 to 32 weeks and 50%. In most cases, the gestational weeks over 40. Are premature, the more than three weeks before that date. According to scientists, the positive effects of folic acid to facilitate the use by women during pregnancy to reduce the likelihood of premature birth and the future health of the newborn.