Going for a marriage reception: gift a pack of condoms and a pack of folic acid

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The season of marriages is on – What is the best healthy gift one can give to a couple getting married:  A box of condoms and a box of 5 mg folic acid tablets, said Padma Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation of India. After marriage one invariably will need one of the two. If the couple wants to get pregnant will need folic acid if does not, then condoms.

CDC and the US Public Health Service urge every woman who could become pregnant to get 400 micrograms (400 mcg) of synthetic folic acid every day.

The B vitamin folic acid helps prevent birth defects. If a woman has enough folic acid in her body before and while she is pregnant, her baby is less likely to have a major birth defect of the brain or spine.

Folic acid is a B vitamin. Our bodies use it to make new cells. Everyone needs folic acid. But for women who can get pregnant, it is really important. If a woman has enough folic acid in her body before she is pregnant, it can help prevent major birth defects of her baby’s brain and spine. These birth defects are neural tube defects or NTDs.
Women need to take folic acid every day, starting before they are pregnant to help prevent NTDs.

These birth defects of the brain and spine happen in the first few weeks of pregnancy, often before a woman finds out that she is pregnant. All women should get in the habit of taking folic acid daily even when they are not planning to get pregnant. For folic acid to help, a woman needs to take it every day, starting before she becomes pregnant.

One can not get all the folic acid and other vitamins needed from the food as folic acid is destroyed in Indian cooking.

Wednesday, 4 January 2012: The season of marriages is on –
What is the best healthy gift one can give to a couple getting
married:  A box of condoms and a box of 5 mg folic acid tablets, said
Padma Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal,
President, Heart Care Foundation of India. After marriage one
invariably will need one of the two. If the couple wants to get
pregnant will need folic acid if does not, then condoms.

CDC and the US Public Health Service urge every woman who could become
pregnant to get 400 micrograms (400 mcg) of synthetic folic acid every
day.

The B vitamin folic acid helps prevent birth defects. If a woman has
enough folic acid in her body before and while she is pregnant, her
baby is less likely to have a major birth defect of the brain or
spine.

Folic acid is a B vitamin. Our bodies use it to make new cells.
Everyone needs folic acid. But for women who can get pregnant, it is
really important. If a woman has enough folic acid in her body before
she is pregnant, it can help prevent major birth defects of her baby’s
brain and spine. These birth defects are neural tube defects or NTDs.
Women need to take folic acid every day, starting before they are
pregnant to help prevent NTDs.

These birth defects of the brain and spine happen in the first few
weeks of pregnancy, often before a woman finds out that she is
pregnant. All women should get in the habit of taking folic acid daily
even when they are not planning to get pregnant. For folic acid to
help, a woman needs to take it every day, starting before she becomes
pregnant.

One can not get all the folic acid and other vitamins needed from the
food as folic acid is destroyed in Indian cooking.

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