Ososayensi baye baphetha ngokuthi i-folic acid (i-vitamin B9 ngendlela ye-supplementary diet) kanye ne-folate, etholakala emifino eluhlaza, ayiwusizo kuphela kwabesifazane abakhulelwe, njengoba kwakucatshangwa ngaphambili, kodwa ngokuvamile kubo bonke abesifazane ukugcina impilo enhle. Kuye kwatholakala ukuthi i-folate ngokuvamile iyadingeka emzimbeni wesifazane - ngisho noma owesifazane engahlelile ukuba nabantwana nhlobo. Kubalulekile kokubili ukusebenza okuvamile kwesimiso sokugaya ukudla kanye nokubukeka - kuthinta isimo sesikhumba nezinwele; futhi ngaphandle kwalokho, inomphumela omuhle ekwakhiweni kwegazi futhi inciphisa ingozi ye-vascular sclerosis.
Odokotela ngaphambilini babekholelwa ukuthi i-folic acid ivikelwe ekukhubazekeni kwengane futhi ngenxa yalesi sizathu, batusa futhi basancoma ukuyiphuza nsuku zonke ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa noma uma ukukhulelwa kuhlelwe ngenani lama-400 mg (ukuhlushwa okujwayelekile kwesithasiselo sokudla).
Ngasikhathi sinye, ukuthatha i-folic acid ngesimo sesengezo sokudla kwesinye isikhathi kungaholela emiphumeleni eyinhlekelele. Iqiniso liwukuthi akufanele udlule umthamo onconyiwe: isibonelo, uma uthatha isengezo esikhethekile sokudla okunomsoco kancane, khona-ke ungakwazi ukudlula kalula ukuhlushwa okufunayo. Ukuhlola amagundane kuye kwabonisa ukuthi ukweqisa kwe-folic acid kwandisa ingozi yomdlavuza wamabele kwabesifazane! Le nkinga manje isifaneleka kakhulu e-US, lapho ukusetshenziswa kwezithako zokudla okunomsoco ngezinye izikhathi kudume ngokweqile.
Kodwa ungakwazi - futhi kufanele! - sebenzisa i-folic acid hhayi kumaphilisi, kodwa ngesimo se-folate - kusuka ekudleni okuluhlaza kanye ne-vegan, okuhlanganisa imifino, okusanhlamvu okuphelele, ubhontshisi nezithelo ze-citrus. Kodwa-ke, uma udla ukudla okuningi kwezitshalo okuqukethe i-folate, isidingo sesengezo siyasuswa. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, amathuba okuthola umthamo ophezulu ngokungathandeki we-folate mancane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ososayensi bathole ukuthi uma owesifazane engadli utshwala, khona-ke ingozi yomdlavuza, ngisho nalapho idla inani eliningi le-folate, iyancipha enye ingxenye.
Ukuze uhlale unempilo futhi umuhle, kuyasiza ukuthi abesifazane bafake ukudla okune-folate okwengeziwe ekudleni kwabo, njengamantongomane, ubhontshisi, isipinashi, ugalikhi wasendle oluhlaza, ulethisi, amaliki, ama-horseradish, amakhowe e-porcini nama-champignon, i-broccoli, ama-alimondi nama-walnuts nama-hazelnuts.