As long as it's folate and not folic acid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blessedbymybabies
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As long as it's folate and not folic acid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blessedbymybabies
Sooo Atomic my dear, I thought I had extra folate for the next week but it looks like i will need some ASAP by tomorrow and I’m scared to go next two days with no folate to order online (it’s the weekend) my health food store only has one brand of folate (not folic acid) but I am nervous to take multiple tablets to try to wean off it as 1 tablet has 2.8 mcg of b12 added. So I will be taking 8.4 mcg extra b12 if I take 3 a day. Is this okay? I looked it up and came up with 2.8 is the amount for pregnant women. I wanted to run it by you, I’m so thankful to have you around! Could you please advice me? Scared to take too much and I really can’t find anywhere else in stores. Im not sure what’s worse, taking that amount or not taking the folate at all. I noticed when trying to find out that b12 was also included in the whole “high leveles cause Autism” scare. (Which we talked about in regards to the folic Acid)
while I do not know for sure 100%, I believe it is by far better to take the extra B12 than to not take anything. Many prenatals have nearly that amount in them anyway (Pregnacare, for example, has 6). so let's split the difference and drop to 2 now which will give you still quite a lot of folate plus the amount of B12 in Pregnacare which is taken by many thousands of pregant women)
I know we already talked about this but yes, the "high levels cause autism" was at BIRTH, not at this point of pregnancy, and those women were not even necessarily taking any more than normal amounts, it was that their bodies were storing it up for some reason we do not understand. So while I understand your concern totally I would still continue till when your doc wants you to and then gradually wean back to the amount in prenatal. :)
Sorry Atomic. I deleted the last post because I had misread your comment and now understood what you meant, so my question was irrelevant. I just checked my prenatal and it has 2.6 mg of b12 as well. so im looking at 8.2 mg of it if I take 2 of the folates of the b 12 as well as you say... So I guess, should I settle at that and just take that amount?
Im not sure why Im so uneasy about this. I guess cause I hate that I have to take such a high dose of folate to begin with. Even though what you say about the autism makes sense...just something that worries. Vitamins are scary, they can do so much damage if you happen to be unlucky or taken improperly... I cant find any concrete words on b 12 so I guess ill have to bite the bullet if thats what you think?? Also I Duno if it makes a difference to you, but I made a mistake in telling you, in my
Prenatal it is actually 1 mg of folic acid. But my other supplement is methyl folate.
Yes! That's what I want you to do. Like I said there are very popular brands of prenatals on the market right now being taken by scads of people who have that amount in them.
I had to take way more than that because I had a baby with a neural tube defect. I was on 4000 mcg! And my two babies that I got taking that much are my two smartest and are perfectly healthy too. I know it's nervewracking.
If, G-d forbid things don't work out this time, we will want to switch you over entirely to folate just to be on the safest side. But it's fine to take both of them for the majority of people. There are just some people who can't tolerate folic acid and sometimes even need to avoid foods that are fortified with folic.