We’ve compared between cooked white rice and baked potato nutrition facts. From the conclusion we gained, potato has more vitamins than rice. But, it didn’t mean that rice has no use and ought not to be eaten. We’ve also found that rice has more folic acid than potato. This leads us to curiosity of what are side effects of folic acid deficiency. These are three side effects of folic acid deficiency we’ve found from many references that may help you.
Folic acid structure
- Patients with folate deficiency may have darkening of the skin and mucous membranes, particularly at the dorsal surfaces of the fingers, toes, and creases of palms and soles
- Folic acid deficiency may cause poor growth, gray hair, swollen tongue (glossitis), mouth ulcers, peptic ulcer, and diarrhea. It may also lead to certain types of anemias.
- Common symptoms include: tiredness, lethargy, feeling faint, becoming easily breathless. Less common symptoms include: headaches, palpitations, altered taste and ringing in the ears (tinnitus).
References
-http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Folic-Acid-Deficiency-Anaemia.htm
-http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002408.htm
-http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/200184-overview
