Folate levels and pregnancy

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Folate levels and pregnancy

Postby Lyndzie » Tue Sep 12, 2017 5:41 pm

Hi Jeff.

I just had my bloodwork done and am very pleased with my results. I had my serum folate level checked, and it is >23 (nmol/L?). They told me that >5.9 is normal range.

My question is: when the recommendation for folic acid supplementation to prevent birth defects was formulated, what information was used to create the guideline? Did they find that birth defects were associated with lower blood serum levels? If so, what were the levels?

Thanks for sharing your wisdom.
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Re: Folate levels and pregnancy

Postby JeffN » Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:36 am

Lyndzie wrote:Hi Jeff.

I just had my bloodwork done and am very pleased with my results. I had my serum folate level checked, and it is >23 (nmol/L?). They told me that >5.9 is normal range.

My question is: when the recommendation for folic acid supplementation to prevent birth defects was formulated, what information was used to create the guideline? Did they find that birth defects were associated with lower blood serum levels? If so, what were the levels?

Thanks for sharing your wisdom.


These may help

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3257747/

https://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/1997/jun/folate/

These have no relationship to anyone following the guidelines we recommend.

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Re: Folate levels and pregnancy

Postby Lyndzie » Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:43 am

Thank you so much, Jeff! Nutrition science is so fascinating.

I appreciate you taking the time to respond after dealing with the hurricane.
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