Carlson Labs Folic Acid, 400mcg, 300 Tablets

Carlson Labs Folic Acid 400 mcg - 300 Tablets Carlson Labs Folic Acid is an essential vitamin in the B-Complex group. Carlson Labs Folic Acid or vitamin B-9, is a nutrient essential for your body's metabolism and production of energy. Regular cycling can place large demands on your metabolism. Get plenty of Carlson Labs Folic Acid from the foods in your diet and take a multivitamin or a B-vitamin supplement to maintain your endurance and ensure proper growth and recovery. Folic acid is a B vitamin needed for cell replication and growth. Folic acid helps form building blocks of DNA, the body's genetic information, and building blocks of RNA, needed for protein synthesis in all cells. Therefore, rapidly growing tissues, such as those of a fetus, and rapidly regenerating cells, like red blood cells and immune cells, have a high need for folic acid. Folic acid deficiency results in a form of anemia that responds quickly to folic acid supplementation. Carlson Labs Excipients Binder: Holds the ingredients in a tablet together. One of three types of binders are used as required: Plant fiber known as cellulose, acacia gum from the stem of the Acacia tree or brazil wax from the leaves of a palm tree. Filler: Fills out the size and shape of a tablet or capsule making it practical to produce and convenient for the consumer to use. Plant cellulose (pure plant filler) is the filler of choice in Carlson tablets or hard gelatin capsules. Soybean or safflower oil is used in soft gelatin capsules. Disintegrant: Expands when wet causing the tablet to break apart in the digestive tract releasing the nutrients for absorption. We prefer to use plant cellulose as a disintegrant. Lubricant: Prevents ingredients from clumping together and from sticking to the tablet punches or capsule filler. Common minerals, silica, and forms of vegetable oils known as vegetable stearin, magnesium stearate or stearic acid are the most often used lubricants in Carlson tablets or hard gelatin capsules.