Here, a dietitian talks us through the science behind the new policy that makes folic acid fortification mandatory in ...

California will require folic acid in store‑bought corn tortillas starting next Thursday. Small bakeries are exempt.

Assembly Bill 1830 requires that corn masa flour and wet corn masa products contain a specified amount of folic acid ...

Medically reviewed by Archana Sharma, DO Key Takeaways Eating foods high in folate can help prevent folate deficiency. Folate ...

New York (MedscapeWire) Sept 7 — Many women aged 18 to 45 years don't take folic acid, reports a new Gallup survey. The findings concern some doctors, who say that it is important for most women of ...

This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD. Folic acid is an essential nutrient you’ve likely seen on food labels or vitamin bottles — often targeting pregnant women (since it helps ...

Nutritionists once associated low levels of folic acid-a B vitamin found in fruits and leafy green vegetables-primarily with birth defects. But in recent years, epidemiological studies have ...

In the great majority of these reports direct evidence for either folic acid or vitamin B 12 deficiency has been incomplete or absent, and therapeutic responses to huge "pharmacologic" doses of these ...

Pregnant women who do not have enough folic acid — a B vitamin — in their bodies can pass the deficiency on to their unborn children. It may lead to retarded growth and congenital malformation, ...

Authors cautioned that more studies were needed to replicate findings. — -- If you're pregnant, a new study released today may give you one more reason to listen to your doctor if he or she ...

THE daily dietary requirement for folic acid is unknown, as is the minimal dose of folic acid that will induce hematologic response in a patient with folic acid deficiency. However, it has recently ...