Umami is a taste that is stimulated by amino acids and nucleotides. It is a savory, mouth filling, brothy, flavor intensifier that you experience regularly but may have never identified. This is why I think of it as a three dimensional taste.
Folate deficiency can cause anemia. Anemia is a condition in which you have too few RBCs. Anemia can deprive your tissues of oxygen it needs because RBCs carry the oxygen. This may affect their function. Folate is particularly important in women of childbearing age. A folate deficiency during pregnancy can lead to birth defects.
Yes. Iron-deficiency anemia is just one type of anemia. Other types of anemia are caused by: 1  Diets lacking in vitamin B12 (or, the body is unable to use, or absorb B12). 2  Diets lacking in folic acid (or, the body is unable to use folic acid). 3  Inherited blood disorders.