Your Folic Acid Might Not Be Working — Here's Why

If you're pregnant or trying to conceive, you've almost certainly been told to take folic acid. It's the standard recommendation. But for a significant number of women, folic acid is not the form their body can actually use — and no one mentions this when they hand over the prescription.

Folic acid is synthetic. Your body has to convert it into the active form before it does anything useful. That conversion relies on an enzyme, and many people's bodies don't do this efficiently. The supplement is doing nothing useful, and your body still doesn't have enough of the folate it actually needs.

This isn't some obscure theory; it's well-established science. And it's exactly why some women can take their supplements faithfully and still find their levels are low. Read more on why methylated folate is a better choice.