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Ok this question says, anna is 28 years old.
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She and her husband plan to start a family soon.
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Because anna is overweight and knows she will put on more weight during her pregnancy, she begins a low carbohydrate diet to slim down before she gets pregnant.
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She eliminates veg, grains, legumes, starchy vegetables and fruit from her diet.
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One nutrient that is important early in pregnancy is provided by many of these foods.
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In this case you have folate, also known as vitamin b9, it is also known as folic acid.
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It is an important nutrient early in pregnancy and is provided by many of the foods that anna has eliminated from her diet, such as grains, legumes and some vegetables and fruits.
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Folate is important for the development of the neural tube which forms the baby's brain and spinal cord.
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The deficiency can lead to neural tube defects...