Asayansi atsimikiza kuti kupatsidwa folic acid (vitamini B9 mu mawonekedwe a zakudya zowonjezera) ndi folate, zomwe zimapezeka mu masamba obiriwira, ndizothandiza osati kwa amayi apakati okha, monga momwe ankaganizira kale, koma kawirikawiri kuti amayi onse azikhala ndi thanzi labwino. Zatsimikiziridwa kuti folate nthawi zambiri ndiyofunikira kwa thupi lachikazi - ngakhale mkaziyo sakukonzekera kukhala ndi ana konse. Ndikofunikira pakugwira ntchito bwino kwa m'mimba komanso mawonekedwe - zimakhudza khungu ndi tsitsi; ndipo pambali pake, zimakhala ndi zotsatira zabwino pakupanga magazi komanso zimachepetsa chiopsezo cha vascular sclerosis.
Madokotala poyamba ankakhulupirira kuti kupatsidwa folic acid kutetezedwa ku vuto la fetal ndipo pachifukwa ichi, iwo analimbikitsa ndi amalangizabe kumwa tsiku lililonse pa mimba kapena ngati mimba anakonza mu kuchuluka kwa 400 mg (muyezo ndende kwa chowonjezera zakudya).
Nthawi yomweyo, kumwa kupatsidwa folic acid monga chowonjezera chazakudya nthawi zina kumatha kubweretsa zotsatira zoyipa. Chowonadi ndi chakuti simuyenera kupitirira mlingo wovomerezeka: mwachitsanzo, ngati mutenga zakudya zapadera zowonjezera pang'ono, ndiye kuti mutha kupitirira ndende yomwe mukufuna. Mayesero a makoswe asonyeza kuti kuchulukitsa kwa folic acid kumawonjezera chiopsezo cha khansa ya m’mawere mwa amayi! Vutoli tsopano ndilofunika kwambiri ku US, komwe kugwiritsa ntchito zakudya zowonjezera nthawi zina kumakhala kotchuka kwambiri.
Koma mungathe - ndipo muyenera! - amadya kupatsidwa folic acid osati mapiritsi, koma mu mawonekedwe a folate - kuchokera ku zakudya zaiwisi ndi zamasamba, kuphatikizapo masamba, mbewu zonse, nyemba ndi zipatso za citrus. Komabe, ngati mumadya zakudya zambiri zamasamba zomwe zimakhala ndi folate, ndiye kuti kufunikira kwa zowonjezera kumathetsedwa. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, mwayi wopeza mlingo wapamwamba kwambiri wa folate ndi wochepa. Kuonjezera apo, asayansi apeza kuti ngati mkazi samwa mowa, ndiye kuti chiopsezo cha khansa, ngakhale pamene akudya mopitirira muyeso wa folate, amachepetsedwa ndi theka lina.
Kuti nthawi zonse azikhala athanzi komanso okongola, ndikofunikira kuti amayi aziphatikiza zakudya zambiri zokhala ndi folate m'zakudya zawo, monga mtedza, nyemba, sipinachi, adyo wamtchire wobiriwira, letesi, leeks, horseradish, bowa wa porcini ndi champignons, broccoli, amondi ndi walnuts ndi hazelnuts.