Throughout this series on the Wonderfully Woven Podcast we'll be delving into key vitamins and minerals needed to nurture and nourish both baby and mama specifically throughout pregnancy, but also for the preconception and postpartum seasons.

In this episode we chat about a highly discussed and debated nutrient - folate or Vitamin B9!

Join me as we chat about how it supports:

- reproductive wellness by aiding the development of healthy egg and sperm cells

- the development of baby's neural tube

- the making and maturation of red blood cells to transport oxygen

- mama after labor and delivery

References and Links:

Folate and Fertility: https://academic.oup.com/humupd/article/13/2/163/661418

Embryology, Neural Tube: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK542285/

Impacts of Method of Cooking on Folate Retention in Foods: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12493090/

Differences in Folate, folic acid and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24494987/

Vitamin C and Folate Metabolism: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7139526/

Vitamin B12: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647758/

Zinc: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/12/4456 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7264889/