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Vitamin B9, more commonly known as folate (naturally occurring form of B9) or folic acid (a synthetic form), is a water-soluble vitamin that is part of the B vitamin family.

From supporting fetal development and growth to preventing cognitive decline and dementia, folate is essential throughout every stage of life.

It is best to get vitamin B9 from top Folate and Folic Acid Foods such as asparagus, avocados, brussels sprouts, and dark green leafy vegetables like spinach and lettuce, or beef liver and fortified rice. Named vegetables are even the namesake of folate; folate has the Latin word “folium” which literally means leaf, and these are healthy green foliage. However, folic acid can also be found in fortified breakfast cereals, flour, pasta, rice, beans, lentils, orange juice, broccoli, beef liver, and strawberries. So, what is the difference?

The industrial scale production of vitamins has been evolving over the century and it is extremely complex and difficult process. We shall touch upon the different tablet coating processes in this blog and the advantage we feel Frunutta Micro Quick Soft Molded tablets offer over the more traditional vitamin coatings. There are two principal methods of coating tablet: sugar coating and film coating. Both have advantages and disadvantages, and both coatings consist of a sugar or cellulose based binder, plasticizer, film forming agent and colorant.

We at Frunutta provide our customers with two forms of vitamin B-12 so our customers can have a choice in their vitamins, Cyanocobalamin & Methylcobalamin (inactive and active).

Methylcobalamin is slightly more biologically active than cyanocobalamin.

Both methylcobalamin and cyanocobalamin can treat vitamin B12 deficiency, and both will work for you*.

Cyano B12 is a cheap, synthetic, inactive form of B12 that is made with a cyanide donor and is used commercially. It is the most stable form, because the cyanide molecule has the greatest attraction to the cobalamin, so it protects it from conditions like very high temperatures. In fact, the average person in good health will not go wrong with either, remember getting more B12 can never be a bad thing. Methylcobalamin is one of the two active forms of vitamin B12.

Bottom line, in most case it is personal preference.

However even today after all these years an estimated 40% of American adults may be vitamin D3 deficient. For African Americans, that number may be nearly double at 76% according to a new study by The Cooper Institute. But, Caucasians who avoid even minimal sun exposure may even have higher levels of vitamin D deficiency.

We all need different amounts of Vitamin D. It all depends on how deficient you are and how your body absorbs the vitamin. There are several populations that typically suffer from higher levels of this deficiency.

Every woman has heard of urinary tract infection and is common knowledge among the population that sex can be a factor in obtaining a urinary tract infection. This is known in the medical community as “Honeymoon Cystitis.” Women have a lifetime risk of 60.4% for being diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. The reality is that most infections are recurrent, and these infections are usually caused by the same bacteria. In this article we shall touch upon the signs and symptoms of urinary infections and how to prevent these infections in different age groups.