Folic Acid 101
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Test your knowledge of folic acid.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Folic Acid is
- A.
A water-soluble B vitamin
- B.
A fat-soluble B vitamin
- C.
A water-soluble D vitamin
- D.
A fat-soluble D vitamin
- 2.Cooking and storage can destroy some of the folate in foods.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Which cereal(s) have 100% of the daily value of folic acid in one serving?
- A.
General Mills Cheerios
- B.
Kellogg's Special K
- C.
General Mills Corn Flakes
- D.
All of the Above
- 4.Enriched white bread has less folic acid than whole grain or whole wheat bread.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.95 percent of women with neural-defected pregnancies have family history of the disease.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Folic acid is important for everyone—not just women.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Women should take _____ micrograms of folic acid every day.
- A.
100
- B.
200
- C.
300
- D.
400
- 8.Brain and spinal cord birth defects occur during the first month of pregnancy.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Who should take folic acid?
- A.
All women of childbearing age
- B.
Women who are planning to get pregnant
- C.
Pregnant women
- D.
No one
- 10.Most women get enough folic acid in their everyday diet.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.The best food source of folic acid for pregnant women is:
- A.
Liver
- B.
Milk
- C.
Oranges
- D.
Oatmeal
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