Eggs are a nutritious and tasty food that provides your body with all the amino acids needed to build the different proteins your body uses each day. The current advice for pregnant women is that it is safe to eat eggs, but make sure the egg is thoroughly cooked. Raw egg may contain salmonella, a [Read more…]
“What’s the difference between folate and folic acid, and which one do I take for pregnancy?”
Folate is the form of this B vitamin found naturally in foods, whereas folic acid is the form found in supplements and fortified foods. The body converts folate to folic acid during digestion, and it then gets absorbed and used by the body. Because it doesn’t need to go through this conversion, folic acid in [Read more…]
