I thought folic acid was fairly important to women's health so why doesn't Fitday track it? And it is not even available for you to track it yourself on the custom nutritional goals.
And you can't enter it on your custom foods labels.

B9

I think folic acid is a B vitamin. If you see you are getting you B's throughout the day/week, I bet you are ok.

It would likely be part of a multiple vitamin too.

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Originally posted by BrenauMom:
I thought folic acid was fairly important to women's health so why doesn't Fitday track it?

I don't know.

SparkPeople tracks it. They call it folate. Same thing.

The symptoms of folic acid deficiency are:

"Loss of appetite, and weight loss can occur. Additional signs are weakness, sore tongue, headaches, heart palpitations, irritability, and behavioral disorders.[1]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folate_deficiency

I've haven't really thought about folate since I was preg. And can't remember the last time I lost my appetite. And God knows I can be irritating... but I guess that is a little different than "irritable".

And for whatever it is worth... I've found SparkPeople.com easier to track food than Fitday. Fitday seems better for tracking activity... or sleep and lack of activity. But I like SparkPeople better for food.