Question

Why pregnant women are asked to eat leafy vegetables and folic acid?

Answer 1

Folic acid helps to protect the unborn baby from developing neural tube defects such as spina bifida. 

Folic acid may also help to prevent other birth defects, such as a cleft palate . 

Folic acid is good for us, too, as it works with vitamin B12 to form healthy red blood cells. Not having enough folic acid can cause you to have a type of anaemia. The other, more common type of anaemia, is due to a lack of iron.