Medical News
Health
2 August 2019
Should they be offered to dads-to-be?Aleksandra Gigowska / Alamy Stock Photo
By Jessica HamzelouPrenatal vitamins like folic acid are par for the course for many women thinking about getting pregnant. But growing evidence suggests that folate may be essential for healthy sperm, too. Is it time to offer supplements to men?
Folic acid is a synthetic version of the vitamin folate, which is known to play an important role in the healthy division of cells. Women who don’t get enough folate in the early stages of pregnancy are more likely to have babies with birth defects …
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