Umsebenzi kunye nokusebenza kakuhle kwe-folic acid kunokuncedisa i-folic acid, ukukhusela i-anemia, kunye nokukhusela iziphene ze-fetal neural tube. Kufuneka isetyenziswe ngokuchanekileyo.

1. Ukongezwa nge-folic acid: I-Folic acid yivithamini enyibilikayo emanzini emzimbeni. Ukuba i-folic acid ayikho, kunokwenzeka ukuba kubangele ulusu olomileyo. Kufuneka isetyenziswe ngexesha elifanelekileyo ukongeza i-folic acid.

2. Ukuthintela i-anemia: Emva kokusilela kwe-folate, kunokwenzeka ukuba kubangele iimpawu ze-anemia kwabanye abantu. Ngokuqhelekileyo, ukusebenzisa i-folate kunokuthintela i-anemia kunye nokukhuthaza ukubunjwa kweeseli ezibomvu zegazi.

3. Uthintelo lweziphene ze-fetal neural tube: Ukuthatha amacwecwe e-folic acid kwiinyanga ezintathu zokuqala zokukhulelwa kunye nokukhulelwa kwangoko kungasetyenziselwa ukuthintela iziphene ze-fetal neural tube.

Ukongeza, inokusetyenziswa kwi-anemia ye-megaloblastic.