Folic Acid
Folic acid, also known as folate, is one of the B-vitamins. The average person does not get the recommended amount of folic acid on a daily basis. Folic acid can be found in foods and vitamin supplements. Even if a person does get the required amount of folic acid; it is water soluble, which causes it to leave the body rapidly. ... It is necessary that men and women learn the very importance of including foods and vitamins with folic acid in their daily routine. It was originally thought that folic acids only purpose was because it is necessary for the clotting of blood. However, studies spanning over the last 10-12 years on folic acid have proven folic acid to help reduce neural tube defects and spinal defects in the fetus, by a whopping 70%.