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To help ensure the health of her fetus, Rita eats green leafy vegetables every day. This helps increase her intake of

A. vitamin B.
B. zinc.
C. iron.
D. folic acid.

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Answer: D: folic acid

Step-by-step explanation:

Folic acid which is one of the vitamin B complex is found in green fleshy leaf, liver, beans, nuts, brown rice and milk.

It is involved in the development of the neural tube which later becomes the spinal cord and skull.

Deficiency of folic acid during pregnancy can lead to neural tube defect in newborn.

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