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MICRONUTRIENT MALNUTRITION
Folic acid – is part of the Vitamin B complex, and is essential in
the production of red blood cells and prevents neural tube
defects.
Figure 4. - Neural tube defects, effects of folic acid deficiency in new-borns
Source - Botto, Lorenzo et al. “Neural-Tube Defectsâ€. The New England Journal of Medicine
341.20 (2009): 1510. Print.
Zinc - Essential mineral that Iodine – Iodine is an essential
stimulates the activity of about component in thyroid hormone
100 enzymes in the body. It also production. Thyroid hormone
supports your healthy immune regulates basic metabolism:
system, is necessary to synthe- energy consumption, cellular
size DNA, and is essential for activity, and particularly
wound healing. brain growth.
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